FLIGHT FEATHER - Englisch-Deutsch Übersetzung

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ˈflight feath·er SUBST

flight feather

Schwungfeder f <-, -n>

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I. feath·er [ˈfeðəʳ, Am -ɚ] SUBST

feather

Feder f <-, -n>

an eagle['s]/a peacock['s] feather

eine Adler-/Pfauenfeder

tail/wing feather

Schwanz-/Schwungfeder f

to ruffle its feathers

seine Federn zersausen

Wendungen:

a feather in sb's cap

etwas, worauf jd stolz sein kann

in fine feather dated (in good spirits)

in blendender Laune

in fine feather (in top form)

in Hochform

you could have knocked me down with a feather ugs

ich war total platt ugs [o. A, CH völlig perplex]

as light as a feather

federleicht

II. feath·er [ˈfeðəʳ, Am -ɚ] SUBST modifier

feather (pillow):

feather

Feder-

III. feath·er [ˈfeðəʳ, Am -ɚ] VERB trans

to feather an oar SPORT

ein Ruder flachdrehen

to feather a propeller LUFTF

einen Propeller auf Segelstellung bringen

Wendungen:

to feather one's [own] nest esp abw

seine Schäfchen ins Trockene bringen ugs

flight¹ [flaɪt] SUBST

1. flight Sg:

flight (action)

Fliegen nt

flight (single instance) of a ball, bird, plane

Flug m <-(e)s, Flü̱·ge>

to take flight

auffliegen

in flight

im Flug

2. flight:

flight (extent)

Flug m <-(e)s, Flü̱·ge>

flight (distance)

Flugstrecke f <-, -n>

a flight of five hours

ein fünfstündiger Flug

3. flight (journey):

flight

Flug m <-(e)s, Flü̱·ge>

we were booked on the same flight

wir hatten denselben Flug gebucht

long-distance flight

Langstreckenflug m <-(e)s, -flüge>

space flight

Weltraumflug m <-(e)s, -flüge>

to call a flight

einen Flug aufrufen

4. flight + Sg/pl Verb (group):

flight of birds

Schwarm m <-(e)s, Schwạ̈r·me>

flight of birds

Schar f <-, -en> geh

flight of migrating birds

[Vogel]zug m

flight of aircraft

[Flieger]staffel f

flight of insects

Schwarm m <-(e)s, Schwạ̈r·me>

a flight of geese

eine Gänseschar

a flight of swallows

ein Schwalbenschwarm m

to be in the first [or top]flight übtr

zur ersten Garnitur [o. Spitze] gehören

she's in the top flight of actresses

sie gehört mit zu den Spitzenschauspielerinnen

5. flight (series):

a flight [of stairs]

eine [geradläufige] Treppe

we live three flights up

wir wohnen drei Treppen hoch

a flight of hurdles

eine Hürdenreihe

6. flight also scherzh (whim):

flight

Höhenflug m <-(e)s, -flüge>

a flight of fancy

ein geistiger Höhenflug

a flight of fancy (imaginative idea)

ein kühner Gedanke ugs

a flight of fancy (imaginative idea)

eine tolle Idee

a flight of fancy (crazy idea)

eine Schnapsidee ugs a. scherzh

7. flight SPORT:

flight in darts

Befiederung f

flight² [flaɪt] SUBST

flight

Flucht f <-, -en>

flight of investment

Kapitalflucht f <-> kein pl

flight of funds

Kapitalflucht f <-> kein pl

to be in full flight

mitten auf der Flucht sein

to put sb to flight

jdn in die Flucht schlagen

to take [to] flight dated

die Flucht ergreifen

Present

I	feather
you	feather
he/she/it	feathers
we	feather
you	feather
they	feather

Past

I	feathered
you	feathered
he/she/it	feathered
we	feathered
you	feathered
they	feathered

Present Perfect

I	have	feathered
you	have	feathered
he/she/it	has	feathered
we	have	feathered
you	have	feathered
they	have	feathered

Past Perfect

I	had	feathered
you	had	feathered
he/she/it	had	feathered
we	had	feathered
you	had	feathered
they	had	feathered

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Wings are black, but the remiges and retrices (flight feathers) are fringed with white.

en.wikipedia.org

Fink wore a red feather in his cap to signal his defeat of every strong man up and down the river.

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Going from flyweight, all the way up to feather weight, something his trainer tells him he doesn't have the frame for.

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By the early 1980s, he was relying less on feathers and leather, and was producing precious metal jewellery using the lost-wax method.

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The 14th century is also the time when feather beds became highly prized possessions.

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Beispiele aus dem Internet (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

The trappers cut off several flight feathers and let the almost flightless bird plummet up to 50 m to the forest floor below.

www.komitee.de

Den erbeuteten Tieren schneiden die Jäger mehrere Schwungfedern ab und lassen die dadurch fast flugunfähigen Vögel aus bis zu 50 m Höhe auf den Waldboden fallen.

www.komitee.de