feathering

基本解释

Mr Brown, with his meritocratic history and indifference to money, should be able to define himself against nest-feathering MPs, cowboy bankers and posh Tories.
拥有精英履历，对金钱漠不关心的布朗先生应该有能力把自己和那些中饱私囊的议员，牛仔般肆无忌惮的银行家以及油头粉面的托利党人区分开来。
In this case I want to put a small feather on the selection before we mask as even though I want a crisp line, it’s very rare that you don’t need at least a small amount of feathering.
在这个例子中，虽然我很希望边缘清晰，但是我要使选区有一点羽化。一点都不羽化的情况很少见。
The young eagle has begun feathering.
这只幼雕已开始长出羽毛。
dict.cn

Garcia has been especially adept at feathering his own nest with Ugly Duckling's assets.
FORBES: Feathered Nest
Agents (ie, managers) were feathering their own nests rather than serving the interests of their principals (shareholders).
ECONOMIST: Schumpeter
They were fine, tall, stout matched blacks with some feathering on their lower legs, a mix of some kind.
NPR: Excerpt: 'World Made By Hand'