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
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a hat with a jaunty ostrich plume .饰有时髦鸵鸟羽毛的帽子。
【动】 羽状物
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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)
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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)一团物质
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a radioactive plume .一团放射性物资。
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【地质】 地幔柱。
[no obj.]spread out in a shape resembling a feather
呈羽毛状散开,散布
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smoke plumed from the chimneys .烟从烟囱里散布出来。
[with obj.]decorate with or as if with feathers
用羽毛装饰;仿佛用羽毛装饰
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[as adj.]
plumed rain began to beat down on my plumed cap .纷纷扬扬的雨水开始打在我的有羽饰的帽子上。
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〈主古〉 (of a bird) preen itself (鸟)整理羽毛。
〈喻〉 引以为傲,引以为豪,炫耀
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she plumed herself on being cosmopolitan .她以自己见多识广而引以为豪。
"late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin