Oh, look at him fixing the tie, there're some preening.

看他在整理领带，还刻意打扮了一番。

Harder still, how do you preen your body feathers?

更麻烦是要如何整理羽毛呢？

" Strong, " his own bird said, preening. " Strong, strong" .

" 强壮！" 他乌鸦一边整理羽毛，一边叫，" 强壮！强壮！"

It might, though, be that Dr Deecke's preening animal is unique.

不过，也有可能只是Deecke博士看到只梳理毛发熊比罢了。

Don't pick at your clothing, don't pick out lint and so forth, don't preen yourself.

不要挑剔你衣服，不要挑选棉绒等等，不要打扮自己。

The tiny bird coats its feather with water-proofing oil from a specially adapted preening gland.

这种小鸟用尾脂腺分泌油脂涂在羽毛上防水。

I am laughing because, in preening my feathers, I tickled myself under the wings.

“我笑是因为我理羽毛时候，把翅膀下胳肢窝弄痒了。”

The regiment fluttered like a bird preening its plumage and became motionless.

全团士兵像梳理羽毛小鸟，振作精神，接着就肃静了。

In the bedroom where the wraps were laid, she found Cathleen Calvert preening before the mirror and biting her lips to make them look redder.

在放包裹卧室里，她发现凯瑟琳·卡尔弗正站在镜前打扮，拼命咬着嘴唇，想叫它们显得更红一些。

He shook the wet from his wings, preened his feathers for a moment, and then swelling out his breast uttered his sweet call note.

他抖抖湿漉漉翅膀，整理一下羽毛，之后挺起胸膛响起叫声。

And then there's sculpting and painting and, you know, grooming and preening which can be more on the artistic side.

还有雕塑，绘画，还有梳妆打扮，这些都是艺术方面。

Sweaters are placed on the penguins to keep them warm and prevent them from preening and swallowing oil.

穿上毛衣企鹅能够防寒，并防止它们整理羽毛或是吸油。

Fuhao, it seems, was very much a lady as proud and keen as preening herself as any Phoenix.

妇好似乎是一个非常骄傲和敏锐女人，就像凤凰一样。

And then there's sculpting and painting and, grooming and preening which can be more on the artistic side.

还有雕塑、绘画、还有梳妆打扮，这些都是艺术方面。

But when their parents are away, the nestlings take turns napping, preening each other and talking to themselves.

但当鹦鹉父母离开时，鹦鹉幼崽会依次打盹，互相梳理毛发，自言自语。

When he was finished, he stood for a while, admiring the bath mat and preening his feathers.

洗完澡后，他站了一会儿，欣赏着浴室地面垫子，然后又用嘴梳理了自己羽毛。

It perched, played, preened and posed at least until another cockatoo came and stopped the show.

还在儿歇脚、玩耍、用嘴梳理羽毛，偶尔还摆个姿势，直到另一只鹦鹉过来才停止了它表演。

They need to preen their flight feathers, clean off the city dust and cool themselves down.

它们需要清理用于飞行羽毛，除去沾染城市灰尘，让自己清凉一下。

There he stepped ashore, straightened his things, preened his feathers, and rested.

他跨上小岛岸，整理好他东西，又梳理了他羽毛，然后才休息下来。

He turned sharply, and there, just above him on the branch of a tree, sat a large Parrot, busily preening his feathers.

他抬头一看，只见上方一根树枝上坐着只大鹦鹉，正在忙着理它身上羽毛。