preening

英 [ˈpriːnɪŋ]

美 [ˈpriːnɪŋ]

v.  刻意打扮，精心修饰(并自我欣赏); 顾盼自雄; 沾沾自喜; 得意扬扬; (用喙)整理羽毛
preen的现在分词

现在分词：preening　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 精心打扮；刻意修饰
  If someonepreens 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.
  1. 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。
  2. Bill preened his beard.
     比尔精心修剪了他的胡须。
• VERB 得意洋洋；沾沾自喜；感觉良好
  If someonepreens, they think in a pleased way about how attractive, clever, or good at something they are.
  1. 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。
  2. He preened himself on the praise he had received.
     他因为得到了赞扬而沾沾自喜。
  3. ...a preening prize fighter about to enter a ring.
     即将进入拳击场的趾高气扬的职业拳击手
• VERB （鸟）用喙整理（羽毛）
  When birdspreentheir feathers, they clean them and arrange them neatly using their beaks.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• The young shoots of rice are waving in the breeze, and the ducks are in turn thrusting their heads beneath the water and preening their feathers.
  稻苗在微风中摇曳，鸭子们时而把头伸进水中，时而整理着羽毛。
• 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。
• He's always preening himself on his success.
  他总是对自己的成功沾沾自喜。
• I spent eight hours locked in a vast reception room at the Savoy Hotel, with a hyperactive cast of thousands preening, dressing, poking and prodding me.
  整整八个小时，我被锁在酒店的一间大屋里，任凭一组叽叽喳喳、过渡亢奋的人们摆布。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• During the growth of young Great Bustard, resting behavior kept a high percentage, foraging and preening behavior increased with the decreasing of singing and crouching behavior.
  在雏鸟成长过程中，休息行为比例一直保持很高，觅食和理羽行为呈现明显的上升趋势，鸣叫和蹲伏行为逐渐减少。