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

• They then sold the birds'exclusive and expensive plumes to milliners across America and Europe.
  接着，他们出售这些鸟类独特而昂贵的羽毛给穿越美国和欧洲的女帽制造商。
• 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。
• They found particles containing sodium salts, which indicates that the plumes arise from liquid water.
  他们发现颗粒中含有钠盐，这就表明气柱由液态水产生。
• The plumes of dust were collected and examined by the spectrometers onboard Lcross.
  月球坑观测和传感卫星携带的光谱仪对尘埃进行了分析。
• 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。
• Having or covered with or abounding in plumes.
  长有羽毛、覆盖着羽毛或者有大量的羽毛。
• 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。
• Researchers have found more underwater plumes of oil than they can count from the well, said Samantha Joye, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia.
  与此同时，乔治亚大学的海洋研究教授萨曼瑟·乔伊（SamanthaJoye）表示，科学家也呼吁政府要注意已经流入墨西哥湾的石油的影响，研究人员也发现了几处水下油柱，数量比此前预计的要多。
• 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。
• 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。