Dreye權威釋義

vt.

（鳥）用喙理（毛）；精心打扮（自己）

vi.

（鳥）用喙理毛；（人）精心打扮自己
洋洋自得

辨析

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以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

v.

(of a bird) tidy and clean its feathers with its beak.
(of a person) devote effort to making oneself look attractive.
(preen oneself) congratulate or pride oneself.

Derivative

preener n.

Etymology

ME: appar. a var. of obs. prune (based on L. ungere ‘anoint’), in the same sense, assoc. with Scots and north. Engl. dial. preen ‘pierce, pin’ (because of the ‘pricking’ action of the bird's beak).

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》