preen
- v.精心修饰;沾沾自喜;刻意打扮(并自我欣赏);(用喙)整理羽毛;顾盼自雄;得意扬扬
verb
刻意打扮,精心修饰(并自我欣赏)
to spend a lot of time making yourself look attractive and then admiring your appearance
Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror?
你别对着镜子打扮个没完行不行?
顾盼自雄;沾沾自喜;得意扬扬
to feel very pleased with yourself about sth and show other people how pleased you are
(用喙)整理羽毛
to clean itself or make its feathers smooth with its beak
preen
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VERB 精心打扮;刻意修饰
If someone preens themselves, they spend a lot of time making themselves look neat and attractive; used especially if you want to show that you disapprove of this behaviour or that you find it ridiculous and amusing.50% of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom...
50%的35岁以下男性每天早上至少花20分钟在盥洗室精心打扮。
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VERB 得意洋洋;沾沾自喜;感觉良好
If someone preens, they think in a pleased way about how attractive, clever, or good at something they are.She stood preening in their midst, delighted with the attention...
她得意洋洋地站在他们中间,为受人瞩目而高兴。
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VERB (鸟)用喙整理(羽毛)
When birds preen their feathers, they clean them and arrange them neatly using their beaks.Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera.
很少有鸟类会在镜头面前梳理自己的羽毛。
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He preened himself on the praise he had received .
他因为得到了赞扬而沾沾自喜。
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The company preened itself for having taken on so many new employees last year .
公司沾沾自喜于去年招收了这么多新员上。
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Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror ?
你别对着镜子打扮个没完行不行?
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Rare birds preen themselves right in front of your camera .
很少有鸟类会在镜头面前梳理自己的羽毛。
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She stood preening in their midst , delighted with the attention
她得意洋洋地站在他们中间,为受人瞩目而高兴。
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50 % of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom
50%的35岁以下男性每天早上至少花20分钟在盥洗室精心打扮。
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Bill preened his beard .
比尔精心修剪了他的胡须。
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She preened herself upon her beauty .
她为自已的美貌感到自满
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Neural network can reserve preening information and knowledge , which is the theoretical basis when used to forecast the future .
神经网络能学习贮存以往的历史经验知识,并能外推到未来,这是神经网络用于预测领域的理论依据。
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Mimicry can also be a great way to preen , or learn , or make a new friend .
伪装术也可以是一种很好的炫耀,学习和交友的方式。
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The government is publicly preening itself on teh latest trade figures .
政府在公众面前为最近的贸易数字自鸣得惹。
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He began to preen himself on his superior intelligence .
他开始为自己的才智过人而洋洋自得。
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It might , though , be that Dr Deecke 's preening animal is unique .
不过,也有可能只是Deecke博士看到的那只梳理毛发的熊比较特别罢了。
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He 's always preening himself on his success .
他总是对自己的成功沾沾自喜。
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Do not preen yourself on defeating so weak a person .
不要因打败弱者而自傲。
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Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves .
灰姑娘在她的姐姐们打扮她们的时候干着脏活儿。
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Then , they stand about to preen their white plumage carefully .
然后他们停下来用嘴仔细地整理他们洁白的羽毛。
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My counsel to you is to tell as few people as possible to avoid preening yourself and saying much .
我建议知道这件事的人越少越好。这样免去了炫耀的嫌疑,也省了口舌。
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He preened himself in front of the mirror .
他对着镜子精心打扮自己。
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Well , I think you 're a self-involved , preening idiot .
那你就是个自恋又自负的大傻瓜。
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The main factors affecting the feeding behavior of the male birds are wandering . courting , preening and drinking .
影响雄鸟觅食的主要因素是游走、求偶、理羽、饮水;
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The facial nerve was preened by never hook after the microvacular decompression .
术中用罂粟碱生理盐水在微血管减压前后冲洗神经根部血管及术野,微血管减压后用神经钩梳理面神经。
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Doctors preening like they 're kings , and the hospital is their own private fiefdom .
医生扮成国王,医院俨然成了他们的私人领地。
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Let others be as butterflies that preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life .
让别人像蝴蝶一样,舞动翅膀,靠花朵的施舍生活;
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She was fading , while he was still preening himself in his elegance and youth .
她已显老,而他却仍然打扮成翩翩佳公子。
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The beach was full of self-obsessed preening people , all trying to get a better suntan than anyone else .
海滩上满是着迷于美化自我的人,都想比别人晒得更黑。
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Tonight , you can watch the women figure skaters pout and preen their way to the medals .
今晚,你们将看到女子花样滑冰选手把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的,去争取金牌。
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All right , I 'll play.What self-important , preening fraud are they honoring this year ?
好吧我配合你他们今年选了哪个自以为是狂妄自大的骗子
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Sweaters are placed on the penguins to keep them warm and prevent them from preening and swallowing oil .
穿上毛衣的企鹅能够防寒,并防止它们整理羽毛或是吸油。
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As students primp and preen to wow their favorite colleges , there 's one characteristic they can 't control : their race .
当学生们为了给自己喜爱的学校留下好印象而打扮修饰的时候,有一点却是他们无法控制的:那就是他们的种族身份。