plumes

英 [pluːmz]

美 [plumz]

n.  飘升之物; 翎; 羽毛; (常用作饰物的)连在一起的羽毛，羽状物; 羽饰
plume的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尘、火、水等升起的）（一）股，（一）团
  Aplume ofsmoke, dust, fire, or water is a large quantity of it that rises into the air in a column.
  1. The rising plume of black smoke could be seen all over Kabul.
     整个喀布尔都能看到腾起的黑烟。
  2. ...the volcano's towering ash plume.
     火山直冲云霄的烟灰柱
• N-COUNT 羽毛；大羽
  Aplumeis a large, soft bird's feather.
  1. ...broad straw hats decorated with ostrich plumes.
     装饰着鸵鸟羽毛的宽边草帽
• （战士头盔等的）羽饰
  Aplumeis a bunch of long, thin pieces of material which is used to decorate something such as a soldier's helmet.

双语例句

• There has been much speculation about seeming volcanic plumes showing up on weather satellite images of California and Nevada, yet people on the ground declare that volcanic ash is not rising.
  一直存在很多猜测似乎出现在加利福尼亚州和内华达州的气象卫星图像的火山羽状，但地面上的人宣布，火山灰上升。
• The most commonly cited mechanism for transforming thermal energy into the movement of plates is the action of plumes.
  将热能转换成板块运动最普遍被引用的机制，是地幔羽的活动。
• Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.
  天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物。
• The rooster lost one of his plumes in the fight with the cat.
  雄鸡在这次与猫的战斗中掉了一支羽毛。
• That rules out the possibility that the plumes are just near-surface ocean water blasted out into space, complicating our understanding of the moon's internal dynamics.
  这排除了羽流只是喷射到太空中的近表面海水的可能性，使得我们对卫星内部动态的理解复杂化了。
• The long plumes of a heron in the breeding season.
  处在繁殖季节一只鹭的长羽毛。
• The plumes of the peacock are beautiful and brightly colored.
  孔雀的羽毛十分华丽而且颜色鲜艳。
• Plumes are generally believed to form over localized hot spots deep within the mantle layer.
  地慢羽一般被认为是形成于地幔层内部深处固定的热点上。
• Television pictures show large plumes of smoke rising above warehouses where samba groups prepare and store their props.
  电视画面显示，大量的烟羽在桑巴歌舞团准备和存储道具的仓库上空升起。
• The power plants that make the electricity you use to recharge the battery produce plumes of pollution.
  不足之处在于，为你的充电电池提供电能的发电厂产生的污染相当严重。