plume
plume 英 [plu:m] 美 [plum]
n. 缕，翎；羽毛
进行时:pluming 过去式:plumed 过去分词:plumed 第三人称单数:plumes 名词复数:plumes
- Think of a large, fluffy, colorful feather and you are imagining a plume, something that can be used decoratively, often in hats or vases, just as it creates a decorative element for the bird it comes from.
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- n. 缕，翎；羽毛
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1. a plume of smoke
一缕青烟
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2. a black hat with an ostrich plume
饰有一根鸵鸟羽毛的黑帽子
- plume (n.) late 14c., "a feather" (especially a large and conspicuous one), from Old French plume "soft feather, down; feather bed," and directly from Latin pluma "a feather, down; the first beard," from PIE root *pleus- "to pluck; a feather, fleece" (source of Old English fleos "fleece"). Meaning "a long streamer of smoke, etc." is first attested 1878.
- plume (v.) late 14c., "to pluck, strip," from plume (n.). From mid-15c. as "to adorn with plumes." Meaning "to dress the feathers" is from 1702. Related: Plumed; pluming.
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