bury one’s head/face in hands用手捂住头/脸

　　bury oneself in ＝be buried in埋头干…专心致力于…The house was buried under ten feet of snow.

　　那所房子被埋藏在十英尺厚的雪底下。

　　The enemy buried him alive.敌人将他活埋了。 The house was half buried under snow. 房子一半He’s been dead and buried for years. 他已死亡并且埋葬多了! 埋在雪中Her head was buried in the book she was reading. 她在埋头读书。书房埋头工作。Right after dinner he would go into his study and bury himself in his work.  他总是一吃完饭就走进表“埋头于…，全心致力于”的短语还有：

　　be absorbed in全神贯注于concentrate on全神贯注于concern oneself with/in忙于某事fix one’s attention on全神贯注于be occupied with忙于…

　　Absorbed in his workhe didn’t notice me enter the room.

　　9．feather:

　　n. 羽毛。

　　= growing from a bird’s skin and covering its body

　　Feather is very light, so that we say “as light as a feather”.

　　羽毛很轻，因此我们说“轻如鸿毛”。

　　in high/good feather得意的，兴高采烈，精神抖擞。如：

　　John seems in very high feather since his book was so successful. 约翰很得意，因为他的书很成功。

　　show the white feather示弱，怯懦

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