n.[C]

1. 羽毛；大羽，长羽[P1]
   Her hat was adorned with a plume.

   她帽子上饰着羽毛。

2. （帽子等的）羽饰[P1]
   Her photograph showed her stiff in her glories of plumes and satin.

   照片上的她身着绸缎，头戴饰有彩羽的帽子，显得很拘谨。

3. 荣誉的标志；奖赏
4. 羽状物（如烟云，雪尘等）[（+of）]
   a plume of blue smoke

   一缕青烟

5. 【动】【植】羽状部

vt.

1. （鸟）整理（羽毛）
   The eagle plumed its wing.

   鹰整理它翅膀上的羽毛。

2. 华丽地打扮
3. 给……饰以羽毛
   The knight plumed his helmet with brilliant red feathers.

   骑士用鲜红的羽毛装饰他的头盔。

4. （后接oneself）自夸；自庆[（+on）]
   She plumed herself on her figure.

   她自夸身材美。

vi.

1. 形成羽毛状的烟云
   In the sub-zero weather, their exhausts plumbed white in the grey streets.

   在严寒天气，他们的排气管在灰色的街道上吐着缕缕白烟。

n.

1. a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display, or worn on a hat or helmet as decoration.
2. a long spreading cloud of smoke or vapour.
3. Geology  a column of magma rising by convection in the earth's mantle.

v.

1. [often as adj. plumed] decorate with or as if with feathers.
   ▸spread out in a shape resembling a feather.
2. (plume oneself) chiefly archaic (of a bird) preen.
   ▸feel a great sense of self-satisfaction.