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

• Rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call.
  珍稀的美洲鹤，有黑白色的羽毛和洪亮的叫声。
• 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。
• 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。
• Common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage.
  美国东部普通的大型歌鸟，羽毛为红褐色。
• A small North American quail ( Colinus virginianus) having brown plumage with white markings.
  北美洲一种小鹌鹑（山齿鹑），羽毛呈褐色，有白斑。
• The first group had their plumage colour enhanced with a marker pen.
  第一组鸟的羽毛被用彩笔加强了色彩。
• Tropical birds in their brightly coloured plumage.
  羽毛鲜艳的热带鸟。它们色彩鲜艳，芳香怡人。
• 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。
• 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。