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Plume Feather Late 14c Meaning Plu:M N.羽毛;V.整理羽毛;搔首弄姿 英

单词 plume
音标 [plu:m]
解释 n.羽毛;v.整理羽毛;搔首弄姿
红宝书 【英】 n. 羽毛(a feather of a bird)v. 整理羽毛(to preen and arrange the feathers of) 搔首弄姿(to indulge in pride with an obvious or vain display of self-satisfaction)
【同】 参考:preen(整理羽 毛)
【例】 She plumed herself on her good looks.(她因为自己外 表漂亮而沾沾自喜)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】音:扑了毛,有句话抚摸小孩儿头发时说:扑拉扑拉毛,吓不着

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