[ língzi ] 1.(清代官帽上表示品级的装饰) peacock feathers worn at the back of a mandarin's hat 2.(戏曲中武将帽子上所插的雉尾) long pheasant tail feathers worn on warriors' helmets in chinese operas
Example Sentences:
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Scene 2 drum dance with head feathers . . . . 第幕翎子楚腰鼓舞. .
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On the road tom he told me all about how it was reckoned i was murdered , and how pap disappeared pretty soon , and didn t come back no more , and what a stir there was when jim run away ; and i told tom all about our royal nonesuch rapscallions , and as much of the raft voyage as i had time to ; and as we struck into the town and up through the - here comes a raging rush of people with torches , and an awful whooping and yelling , and banging tin pans and blowing horns ; and we jumped to one side to let them go by ; and as they went by i see they had the king and the duke astraddle of a rail - that is , i knowed it was the king and the duke , though they was all over tar and feathers , and didn t look like nothing in the world that was human - just looked like a couple of monstrous big soldier - plumes 我们到了镇上，直奔镇子的中心那时是八点半钟只见有一大群人象潮水般涌来，手执火把，一路吼啊，叫啊，使劲地敲起白铁锅，吹起号角。我们跳到了一旁，让大伙儿过去。队伍走过时，只见国王和公爵给骑在一根单杠上其实，那只是我认为是国王和公爵，因为他们遍身给涂了漆，粘满了羽毛，简直已经不成人形乍一看，简直象两根军人戴的狰狞可怕的粗翎子。
