smooth someone's feathers

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To soothe (someone) who has had their feathers ruffled; to pacify (someone) who is upset.
    — L'Estrange bowed and offered his arm, while Mr Millis smoothed his ruffled feathers, and went back to the other young men , — smoothed his feathers, because it would never have answered to let others see that Mr Millis had got the worst of an encounter of any kind.

词形变化

smooths someone's feathers present,singular,third-person smoothing someone's feathers participle,present smoothed someone's feathers participle,past smoothed someone's feathers past

词源

From the expression ruffle someone's feathers.
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