feathering

基本解釋

Mr Brown, with his meritocratic history and indifference to money, should be able to define himself against nest-feathering MPs, cowboy bankers and posh Tories.
擁有精英履歷，對金錢漠不關(guān)心的佈朗先生應該有能力把自己和那些中飽私囊的議員，牛仔般肆無忌憚的銀行家以及油頭粉麪的托利黨人區(qū)分開來。
In this case I want to put a small feather on the selection before we mask as even though I want a crisp line, it’s very rare that you don’t need at least a small amount of feathering.
在這個例子中，雖然我很希望邊緣清晰，但是我要使選區(qū)有一點羽化。一點都不羽化的情況很少見。
The young eagle has begun feathering.
這衹幼雕已開始長出羽毛。
dict.cn

Garcia has been especially adept at feathering his own nest with Ugly Duckling's assets.
FORBES: Feathered Nest
Agents (ie, managers) were feathering their own nests rather than serving the interests of their principals (shareholders).
ECONOMIST: Schumpeter
They were fine, tall, stout matched blacks with some feathering on their lower legs, a mix of some kind.
NPR: Excerpt: 'World Made By Hand'