【 学个词 preen 】preen - vt. 打扮；用嘴整理；赞扬 vi. 洋洋自得；把（自己）打扮漂亮

　　Definition:

　　1 of 3 v.

　　vt.

　　1of a bird : to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland

　　2: to dress or smooth (oneself) up : PRIMP

　　3: to pride or congratulate (oneself) on an achievement

　　intransitive verb

　　vi.

　　1: to make oneself sleek

　　2: to behave or speak with obvious pride or self-satisfaction

　　

　　2 of 3 n.

　　1dialectal, chiefly British : PIN

　　2dialectal, chiefly British : BROOCH

　　

　　3 of 3 v.

　　vt. chiefly Scotland : PIN

　　

　　Example Sentences

　　1 In Kate Myers’ funny, flinty debut, four women converge at a Greek archaeological dig led by a preening professor. —Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023

　　2 Phelan locates the quiet truth in this last reversal of fortunes. Creel, infusing every line reading with delectable originality, plays the Prince as a preening fop who excuses his behavior by explaining to Cinderella late in the musical that he’s meant to be charming, not sincere. —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023

　　3 Roald always spends ages preening (himself) before he goes out.

　　4 The government is publicly preening itself on the latest trade figures。

　　5 But his mild appearance belies a relentless, sometimes preening intensity. —Chloe Walker, Longreads, 25 May 2023