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plume

/ploom/US // plum //UK // (pluːm) //

羽毛,翎羽,翎毛,羽流

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a feather.
    • : a large, long, or conspicuous feather: the brilliant plume of a peacock.
    • : a soft, fluffy feather: the plume of an egret.
    • : any plumose part or formation.
    • : a feather, a tuft of feathers, or some substitute, worn as an ornament, as on a hat, helmet, etc.
    • : a feather or featherlike token of honor or distinction, especially one worn on a helmet.
    • : plumage.
    • : a vertically or longitudinally moving, rising, or expanding fluid body, as of smoke or water.
    • : a visible pattern of smoke resulting from emissions from a stack, flue, or chimney.
    • : Also called mantle plume. Geology. a deep-seated upwelling of magma within the earth's mantle.Compare diapir.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    plumed, plum·ing.

    • : to furnish, cover, or adorn with plumes or feathers.
    • : to preen.
    • : to feel complacent satisfaction with; pride: She sat before the mirror, pluming herself upon her beauty.

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Examples

  • The first was a plume of moisture from Tropical Storm Fausto, far to the south, which managed to travel north to California on the wind and provide just enough moisture to form clouds.

  • The extent to which fecal aerosol plumes are infecting people with the SARS-CoV-2 virus isn’t known, said Queensland’s Morawska.

  • The rising plume lifted up record amounts of water and carbon monoxide.

  • It was one of the largest wildfire smoke plumes ever seen in the stratosphere, says Jessica Smith.

  • Those winds have never been observed around similar plumes, researchers report online May 30 in Geophysical Research Letters.

  • For one month in 2013, a British street artist known by the nom de plume of Banksy hypnotized the city of New York.

  • Borgman has escaped through a tunnel, leaving a plume of smoke in his wake.

  • Reprinted with the permission of Plume, a member of the Penguin Group.

  • Mark Owen (the nom de plume for Matt Bissonnette) carefully recounts his life and career as a member of SEAL Team 6.

  • As ocean currents head eastward across the Pacific, the plume is expected eventually to hit the West Coast of the United States.

  • It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.

  • Each tiny tree was a plume of leaves; the rows stretched out to the hilltop, and over.

  • The sun-kissed flowers plume the day with colour, and fling incense to the winds.

  • Corn Plume looked down at the Squash Maiden sitting on her blanket at his feet.

  • Her heart sang, when she heard the voice of Corn Plume, for she knew that he was calling her.