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

不过，也有可能只是Deecke博士看到的那只理发的熊比较特别罢了。

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防水。

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

“我笑是因为我理的时候，把翅膀的胳肢窝弄痒了。”

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

最后，她摇摇摆摆地到一处长满青草的岸边，站在那里，用嘴理自己的。

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，然后又用嘴理了自己的。

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

穿衣的企鹅能够防寒，并防止它们整理或是吸油。

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的女人，就像凤凰一样。

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

他跨小岛岸，整理好他的东西，又理了他的，然后才来。

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

还在那儿歇脚、玩耍、用嘴理，偶尔还摆个姿势，直到另一只鹦鹉过来才停止了它的表演。

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、还有妆打扮，这些都是艺术方面的。

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

" 强壮！" 他的乌鸦一边整理，一边叫，" 强壮！强壮！"

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，只见方的一根树枝坐着只大鹦鹉，正在忙着理它身的。

She was a preening interloper who made a spectacle of herself.

一个靠打扮勾人眼球的不速之客罢了。

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，还有妆打扮，这些都是艺术方面的。

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。

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.

在放包裹的那间卧室里，她发现凯瑟琳·卡尔弗特正站在镜前打扮，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.

他抖抖湿漉漉的翅膀，整理一，之后挺起胸膛响起叫声。

Scarlett knew these hurried preenings were being made with an eye toward meeting his wife with the appearance of a gentleman who had ridden sedately home from a call on a neighbor.

思嘉知道这些修整工夫是为了让自己像个讲究的等人模样去见母亲，假装是拜访邻居以后安安稳稳骑马回来的。

As he did so, he heard a hearty burst of laughter close to his head. He turned sharply, and there, just above him on the branch of a tree, sat a large Parrot, busily preening his feathers.

正在这时候，他耳朵里好像听到了大笑声。他抬头一看，只见一棵树有只大鹦鹉，正在理它身稀稀拉拉的。