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

• Male peacocks have beautiful plumage.
  雄孔雀有美丽的羽毛。
• Its plumage had turned grey.
  它的羽毛变成了灰色。
• ( of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly.
  （指鸟）完全长好了成熟的羽毛；准备飞翔。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its body plumage suddenly began to ruffle and swell.
  它全身的羽毛突然竖了起来，胀得鼓鼓的。
• Stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck.
  太平洋西南部包括澳大利亚和新西兰地区的长脚鹬，身体大部分羽毛为白色，但翅膀和颈背为黑色。