feather duster

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At that moment, a gallery worker with a feather-duster in her hand gave us a glare of very strong disapproval.
手里舉著大毛撣子的畫廊工作人員使勁瞪了我們一眼表示強(qiáng)烈反對。
She was a task master. We spent three hours taking canned goods off the shelves and, with a feather duster, brushing each can to get the dust off, and then re-stacking them neatly.
她是一個(gè)很好的監(jiān)工，3 個(gè)小時(shí)里，我們不停地把罐裝食品從架子上拿下來，用羽毛撣彈去每個(gè)罐頭上的灰塵，然后重新把它們碼放好。
Jack: A feather duster, with which father uses to wake me up every morning.
杰克：雞毛撣子，爸爸每天都用它叫我起床。
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a stick with feathers attached to one end, used for cleaning dust from delicate objects

A feather duster is a stick with a bunch of real or artificial feathers attached to one end. It is used for dusting and cleaning things.