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plume

/ˈplum/ 动词 C2

中文: 用羽毛装饰、整理羽毛、自夸

  1. To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes. (figuratively, transitive)
  2. Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something). (transitive)
  3. To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen. (transitive) · He plumes himself on his skill.
  4. Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud. (intransitive) · Smoke plumed from his pipe, then slowly settled towards the floor.

复数 plume · He/she/it plumes · 过去式 plumed · 过去分词 plumed · -ing形式 pluming

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He/she/it
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过去式
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过去分词
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-ing形式
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Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself?
《Anne of Green Gables》,第75页 · C1
We each write under a nom-de-plume.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第207页 · C1
“Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but behind it lies a shifty and evasive personality.
《The Valley of Fear》,第1页 · C1
From over a distant rise there floated a grey plume of smoke.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第80页 · C1

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