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Seals that are weaned and have shed their downy fur are called beaters for the way they beat their flippers on the water.
断奶后褪去一身绒毛的海豹被称为打手，因其总是在水上拍打它们的鳍状肢。
Like mummies coming back from the dead, their animated faces emerge in the firelight, revealing downy wisps of beard and boyish grins.
象死而复生的木乃伊，他们的脸在火光间出现了，露出毛茸茸的小束胡须和孩子气的笑容。
Its cultivation may be ancient—dating as far back as 5,000 years ago—but cotton, and its characteristically soft, downy fibers, could be just what modern medicine has been waiting for.
棉花的种植历史也许非常悠久——可以追溯到迄今5,000年前——但它和它富有特性、柔软光滑的纤维可能正是现代医学所要寻找的东西。

She pointed to the largest of the eggs, which had a downy feather stuck to it.
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He liked her smell and her downy arms and the way she exclaimed when something made her laugh.
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Her sleeves were pushed up to her elbows, and he found himself looking at her narrow wrists and the fine, downy hair on her arms.
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