plume
plume
noun
plumeless
adjective
plume-like
adjective
plumery
noun
语源
noun
- a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament
羽毛；羽饰
a hat with a jaunty ostrich plume.
饰有时髦鸵鸟羽毛的帽子。
■(Zoology)a part of an animal's body that resembles a feather
(动)羽毛，羽状物
the antennae are divided into large feathery plumes.
触角被分成了硕大的羽状物。
■a long cloud of smoke or vapour resembling a feather as it spreads from its point of origin
羽状烟柱（或气流）
as he spoke, the word was accompanied by a white plume of breath.
他说话时，话语伴随着白色的哈气。
■a mass of material, typically a pollutant, spreading from a source
（尤指污染物）（从源头蔓延开来的）（一堆）材料
a radioactive plume.
一团放射性物资。
■(亦作 mantle plume)(Geology)a localized column of hotter magma rising by convection in the mantle, believed to cause volcanic activity in locations away from plate margins
(地质)地幔柱
- [no obj.]spread out in a shape resembling a feather
呈羽毛状散开，散布
smoke plumed from the chimneys.
烟从烟囱里散布出来。
■[with obj.]decorate with or as if with feathers
（用或仿佛用羽毛）装饰；羽饰
[asadj. plumed]rain began to beat down on my plumed cap.
纷纷扬扬的雨水开始打在我的羽饰帽子上。 - (plume oneself)(chiefly archaic)(of a bird) preen itself
(主古)（鸟）整理羽毛
■(figurative)feel a great sense of self-satisfaction about something
(喻)引以为傲，引以为豪，炫耀
she plumed herself on being cosmopolitan.
她以自己见多识广而引以为豪。
plumeless
adjective
plume-like
adjective
plumery
noun
语源
- late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pluma 'down'
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