| 主要翻译 |
| preen⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (take care over appearance) | 刻意打扮
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| | There was a cat preening on the window sill. Preparing for their night out, the young men preened in front of the mirror. |
| preen viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (bird: groom itself) (鸟) | 用喙整理自己的羽毛
yòng huì zhěng lǐ zì jǐ de yǔ máo |
| | The bird perched on the tree, preening in the sunshine. |
| | 那只鸟栖在树上，在阳光中用喙梳理自己的羽毛。 |
| preen vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (animal: groom) | 以喙梳理…
yǐ huì shū lǐ |
| preen viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | figurative (person: be vain) | 沾沾自喜
zhān zhān zì xǐ |
| | | 自以为得以
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| | The student stood at the front of the class preening as the teacher praised her. |