Harder still, how do you preen your body feathers?

更麻烦的是要如何整理羽毛呢？

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

" 强壮！" 他的乌鸦一边整理羽毛，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博士看到的那只梳理毛发的熊比较特别罢了。

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

他跨上小岛岸，整理好他的东西，又梳理了他的羽毛，然后才休息下来。

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

“我笑是因为我理羽毛的时候，把翅膀下的胳肢窝弄痒了。”

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的油脂涂在羽毛上防水。

Then she waddled out onto a grassy bank and stood there, preening her feathers.

最后，她摇摇摆摆地上到一处长满青草的岸边，站在那里，用嘴梳理自己的羽毛。

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

还在那儿歇脚、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的表演。

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的羽毛，除去沾染的城市灰尘，让自己清凉一下。

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，欣赏着浴室地面的垫子，然后又用嘴梳理了自己的羽毛。