preening
present participle ofpreen
| 单词 | preening |
| 释义 | preening present participle ofpreen preen verb uk/priːn/us/priːn/preenverb(TIDY)[IorT] If abirdpreens or preens itself, itcleansandarrangesitsfeathersusingitsbeak. [IorT]disapproving tospendtimemaking yourselflookattractive: Roald alwaysspendsagespreening (himself) before he goes out. Animal (non-human) behaviour
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Skilled, talented and able preenverb(FEEL PROUD)preen yourself tofeelveryproudorsatisfiedwith yourself because of anactionorquality: Thegovernmentispubliclypreening itselfonthelatesttradefigures. Thecompanypreened itselfforhavingtaken on so many newemployeeslastyear. Showing arrogance and conceit
Examplesofpreeningpreening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In birds a functionally similar form of this behavior is called socialpreening. From theCambridge English Corpus He somewhat coyly looks away from the camera as if not quite ready for his close-up, but all the whilepreening. From theCambridge English Corpus And that tabby catpreeningitself in the corner? From theCambridge English Corpus Chicks, however, actively remove ticks whilepreeningthemselves. From theCambridge English Corpus Consider a pigeonpreeningits feathers and emitting a string of key pecks, for example. From theCambridge English Corpus But these were not merepreeningof advertisement copy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Preeningitself, it took the opportunity to increase its expenditure by £42,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, for a long time, we cannot have seen an aging emperorpreeninghimself upon his apparel when he stands stark naked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One of our most urgent security measures is that we should stoppreeningourselves on our dispassion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I even found a heading for him in view of his lovable and endearing characteristic ofpreeninghimself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet, his successor was at the exhibition yesterdaypreeninghimself in front of the cameras. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of complacentlypreeningthemselves they ought to be hanging their heads in shame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot help thinking of the old story about the womanpreeningherself before a photographer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Earlier he seemed to bepreeninghimself on the brevity of the regulations but at the end of his comments he seemed to admit that they are not so brief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Currently all concerned arepreeningthemselves with delight at the apparently successful outcome of the present arrangements, but a number of questions have to be asked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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