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词汇 feather-brain
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Definition of feather-brain in English:

feather-brain

noun
  • A silly or absent-minded person.

    蠢人;心不在焉之人,马大哈

    You feather-brain! Surely you checked when you booked the holiday?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The feather-brain loony is planning his next stunt, but it's top secret.
    • He has pet names for her such as skylark, squirrel and featherbrain.
    • This book is an intriguing read if you are a featherbrain.

Derivatives

  • feather-brained

  • adjectiveˈfɛðəbreɪnd
    • You are older, wiser, more mature, and more rational then your feather-brained students.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘I'm just a feather-brained Cabinet minister, darling.’
      • I remember Lovey coming to my rescue - sweet, feather-brained Lovey, doing the one things she was really good at - smoothing things over.
      • Although Elizabeth is thoughtful, intelligent, and practical, she comes to realize that she is just as capable of letting her own feelings get in the way of her good sense as her feather-brained sisters.
      • The upper-class twit is too feather-brained to succeed in management, so his shifty uncle gets him a job as a worker in his missile plant.
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