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 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。
• There has been much speculation about seeming volcanic plumes showing up on weather satellite images of California and Nevada, yet people on the ground declare that volcanic ash is not rising.
  一直存在很多猜测似乎出现在加利福尼亚州和内华达州的气象卫星图像的火山羽状，但地面上的人宣布，火山灰上升。
• The impostor was exposed publicly and thus stripped of his borrowed plumes.
  这骗子被当众揭发，伪装被撕下了。
• 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。
• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes.
  那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• 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。
• Were large igneous provinces caused by mantle plumes?
  大火成岩省是地幔柱作用引起的吗？
• Several hundred plumes have been identified, although some of the smaller ones may be questionable.
  尽管人们对有些较小的地幔羽可能有些疑问，但还是发现了数百个地慢羽。
• 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 said miles-long underwater plumes of oil discovered in recent days could poison and suffocate sea life across the food chain, with damage that could endure for a decade or more.
  研究者说近些天发现的水下数英里长的羽流会对毒害和窒息整个食物链的海洋生命，造成的危害可能持续一个世纪或更长。