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feather boa

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
ˌfeather ˈboa noun [countable]  DCCa long scarf made of feathers and worn around a woman’s neck 〔妇女的〕羽毛长围巾
Examples from the Corpus
feather boaBetter yet, Rodman in a feather boa, running anchor for the women.Diana Ross sauntered down the catwalk this season wearing little more than a feather boa and a smile.A black feather boa, perhaps bought for the Black Ascot, curved lavishly round to cancel any suggestion of nakedness.Lucy laughing, smoking, Lucy with Jamie's feather boa round her shoulders, Lucy who had kissed her.
ˌfeather ˈboa nounChineseSyllable
made feathers worn around woman’s a of a and scarf long Corpus


feather boa
ˌfeather ˈboa noun [countable]
a long scarf made of feathers and worn around a woman’s neck


feather boaBrE /ˌfeðə ˈbəʊə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfeðər ˈboʊə/ 🔊 (also boa) nouna long thin piece of clothing like a scarf, made of feathers and worn over the shoulders by women, especially in the past (旧时女用)羽毛围巾