不规则地结束（如透镜状岩石形成）：指以不规则的方式结束，特别是指透镜状岩石形成的结束。
... feather out 尖灭; 羽灭 falling out (or flaring) 舷缘外倾 falling out of love 遗落的爱 ...
The chick will soon feather out.
这只小鸡很快就要长羽毛了。
The chicks will soon feather out.
小鸟就要长出羽毛来了。
Bits of smoke began to feather out from the chimney.
一缕缕的烟开始从烟囱里飞散出来。
Politicians and media are going to tar and feather the company and ride it out on a rail.
Le Jardin is a semi-outdoor, trellis-covered alternative to the packed bars of the popular Lan Kwai Fong district located on the streets below, while Feather Boa lacks any sort of signage out front and serves fruity daiquiris in massive glasses with chocolate dusted rims.
Loose-lips Friday continues with word from that pesky ThinkSecret source (whom we're sure Steve Jobs would love to tar and feather) that Apple will be rolling out a significant upgrade to its current video-download service when and if it announces a new Mac mini at January's Macworld Expo.