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plumy

/ploo-mee/US // ˈplu mi //UK // (ˈpluːmɪ) //

阴沉的,阴柔的,阴柔,阴性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    plum·i·er, plum·i·est.

    • : having plumes or feathers.
    • : adorned with a plume or plumes: a plumy helmet.
    • : plumelike or feathery.

Examples

  • Soon both were satisfied and stood face to face, both with plumy tail erect and cocked head.

  • He sat down and sucked his pads, for they were wet with dew, shook his brush plumy again, and meditated.

  • Tufts of dark and plumy cypresses rise among the flat graves of the enclosure.

  • Skunks are not bad people; they simply refuse to be kicked around or to have salt placed upon their plumy tails.

  • Another, teetering high on the plumy crest of a shadowing elm, was emptying its heart of melody.