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plumage
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🇺🇸 /plˈumʌdʒ/
🇬🇧 /ˈpljuː-/
名词,指鸟身上覆盖全身的羽毛,也可比喻华丽、讲究的装束。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一只鸟披着一层漂亮的羽毛:这层“羽毛外衣”本身就是鸟的 plumage;人如果也穿得像展示羽毛一样华丽,plumage 就进一步引申为华服和盛装。
📝 学习建议
- 先记“鸟的羽毛”这一核心义,再把“华丽装束”理解为同一意象的比喻延伸。
- 它通常指鸟的整套羽毛或外观,不是普通意义上的一根羽毛。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 鸟的整套羽毛📖 指覆盖鸟身的整层羽毛,尤其强调羽毛组成的外观、颜色和整体状态;也可以指用于装饰的羽毛。把它想成鸟披在身上的“羽毛外衣”即可。💡 常用结构是“a bird’s + plumage”“show/display + its plumage”或“covered in + plumage”。这个词常用于描写鸟的颜色、图案和外观,语体可用于一般说明,也常见于自然观察和生物学语境。它通常不是指一根羽毛;若只说一根,通常应使用表示单根羽毛的普通词。collective countable noun uncountableThe male bird displayed its bright plumage to attract a mate.雄鸟展示鲜艳的羽毛来吸引配偶。The bird changes its plumage before winter.这只鸟在冬天到来前会更换羽毛。
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common 华丽装束;盛装📖 指像鸟展示羽毛那样显眼、华丽的服装或装扮,常带有精心打扮、过分讲究的意味。这是从“羽毛外衣”引出的比喻义。💡 常用结构是“in + plumage”或“wear/show + plumage”,表示穿着或展示华丽装束。这个义项多用于文学描写、新闻或带有修辞色彩的表达,日常对话中不如表示普通衣服的词常见。不要把它机械地理解成任何衣服,而要保留“华丽、显眼”的意味。countable uncountableThe performers appeared on stage in colorful plumage.表演者们身穿色彩鲜艳的华服登上舞台。
plumages
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
同义词集:
feather
plume
plumage
下位: down, down feather, flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather
🌳 词源
源自古法语,词根与“羽毛”有关,后来发展出“华丽装束”的引申义。
From Late Middle English plumage, plummage (“bird’s feathers collectively, plumage; (falconry) feathers fed to a hawk to cause it to regurgitate, casting”), from Middle French plumage, plomage (“bird’s feathers collectively; person’s (showy) clothing”), from Old French plumage (“bird’s feathers collectively”) (modern French plumage), from plume (“feather, plume”) + -age (suffix forming nouns denoting a state of being). Plume is derived from Latin plūma (“feather, plume”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow; to fly; to run; etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to flow; to fly; to run”). By surface analysis, plume + -age (suffix forming nouns with a sense of appurtenance or collection).
🔄 变式
plumages
plural
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