plumage

英 [ˈpluːmɪdʒ]

美 [ˈpluːmɪdʒ]

n.  (鸟的)全身羽毛

复数：plumages　过去式：plumaged　

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.12884 / COCA.21782

牛津词典

noun

• （鸟的）全身羽毛
  the feathers covering a bird's body

柯林斯词典

• （鸟的）全身羽毛
  A bird'splumageis all the feathers on its body.

英英释义

noun

• the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
  Synonym:featherplume

双语例句

• The bright plumage of many male birds has evolved to attract females
  很多雄鸟进化出鲜艳的羽毛是为了吸引雌鸟。
• One of the most ostentatiously adorned creatures on Earth, the peacock uses its brilliant plumage to entice females.
  一只装饰华丽的动物在地球上，雄性孔雀用它的闪耀的羽毛去奉承和诱惑雌性孔雀。
• Researchers in Canada have discovered dinosaur feathers perfectly preserved in amber, suggesting that many species of dinosaur may have been covered in rich plumage.
  加拿大研究人员在琥珀中发现了保存完好的恐龙羽毛，这表明恐龙中的许多品种可能全身覆盖着大量羽毛。
• The bright plumage of a parrot made it beloved by people.
  鹦鹉的一身华丽羽毛使人们很爱它。
• The costs of melanin-based plumage and iridescence are clearly different from this.
  黑色素翅膀和彩虹色翅膀的代价与上面却完全不同。
• Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.
  歌鸟，特征是身体上部羽毛略带褐色，胸部有斑点。
• Its plumage had turned grey.
  它的羽毛变成了灰色。
• Common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and gray plumage.
  欧亚大陆和美洲普通的燕鸥，灰羽白背。
• Old world gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill.
  东半球象鹅的鸭子，比野鸭稍大，多数为黑白杂色羽毛，红嘴。
• Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
  美洲热带的食虫鸟，嘴长而尖，羽毛呈彩虹般的绿色或青铜色。