preen
preen 英 [pri:n] 美 [prin]
vt. 打扮；用嘴整理；赞扬 vi. 洋洋自得；把（自己）打扮漂亮
进行时:preening 过去式:preened 过去分词:preened 第三人称单数:preens 名词复数:preens
- When a bird or a cat preens, it smooths its feathers or cleans its fur. When you preen, you primp and pay careful attention to how you're dressed and groomed, as if you're inviting the whole world to watch you.
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- vt. 打扮；用嘴整理；赞扬
- vi. 洋洋自得；把（自己）打扮漂亮
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1. As students primp and preen to wow their favorite colleges, there's one characteristic they can't control: their race.
当学生们为了给自己喜爱的学校留下好印象而打扮修饰的时候，有一点却是他们无法控制的：那就是他们的种族身份。
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2. Your dopamine receptors are haywire from so much of what feels like the right kind of attention and you preen out of paranoia.
在众多看似重要的感觉面前，你的多巴胺接收器就像一团乱麻，你偏执地不断打扮自己。
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3. Not only is the designer behind her pencil skirt suit, preen, one to watch for A/W 2011, Michelle showed real fashion nous by picking a British label for her arrival
不仅这套Preen铅笔裙套装的设计师将会成为A/W 2011的一大看点，米歇尔挑选的这件英国品牌装也展示了她货真价实的时尚理念。
- preen (v.) "to trim, to dress up," late 14c., perhaps a variation of Middle English proynen, proinen "trim the feather with the beak" (see prune (v.)); or perhaps from Old French poroindre "anoint before," and Old French proignier "round off, prune." Middle English prene (from Old English preon, a general Germanic word) meant "to pin," and probably influenced the form of this word. Watkins, however, connects it with Latin unguere "to smear, anoint."
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