| 单词 | plume feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplume feather plume feather n. †(a) (in plural) down, downy plumage (obsolete); (b) a large or conspicuous feather. ΚΠ OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xliii. 279 Plumarum mollities iuuenilia membra non foueat : plumfeþera hnescnyss geonglice lima na gehlywe. lOE Homily (Tiber. A.iii) in Englische Studien (1885) 8 473 On plum feðerum he lið, ac þeh weðere oft æblæce. On gyldenum beddum he rest, ac oft rædlice gedrefed. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 210 Upon his head an old Scotch cap he wore, With a plume feather all to peeces tore. 1878 Harper's Mag. Aug. 401/1 These plume feathers are..sometimes pure as snow. 1994 News Rec. (North Hills, Pa.) 20 Nov. d5/5 Back then, it was protesters vs. the fashion of plume feathers worn in women's hats. < as lemmas |
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