| 单词 | plume-plucked |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplume-plucked plume-plucked adj. (a) stripped of a source of pride, humbled; (b) literal (of a bird) that has had its feathers or plumes plucked (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] dejectc1528 broken1535 abased1554 come1564 downfallen1575 snubbed1583 crestfallen1589 humiliate1593 plume-plucked1597 low-broughta1599 chop-fallen1604 chap-fallen1608 dejected1608 humbleda1616 unprided1628 diminished1667 mortified1710 small1771 humiliated1782 squelched1837 grovelleda1845 sat-upon1873 comedown1886 deflated1894 zapped1962 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 99 I come to thee, From plume-pluckt Richard, who with willing soule, Adopts the heire. View more context for this quotation 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 130 The Roman Eagle as exhibited in vision to Esdras, with his triple crown—feeble and plume-plucked. 1866 C. R. Kennedy Hannibal 38 The plume-pluckt chief In the humility of manly grief. 1970 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 10 Dec. ii. 2/7 Adviser Paul McCracken, as angry as a plume-plucked peacock, wanted the President to [etc.]. 1999 London (Ont.) Free Press (Nexis) 30 Jan. f5 These plume-plucked, petty bureaucrats, should never again be allowed to put their hands directly into the taxpayers' pockets. < as lemmas |
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