n.[C]

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

   她帽子上飾著羽毛。

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

   照片上的她身著綢緞，頭戴飾有彩羽的帽子，顯得很拘謹。

3. 榮譽的標誌；獎賞
4. 羽狀物（如煙雲，雪塵等）[（+of）]
   a plume of blue smoke

   一縷青煙

5. 【動】【植】羽狀部

vt.

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

   鷹整理它翅膀上的羽毛。

2. 華麗地打扮
3. 給……飾以羽毛
   The knight plumed his helmet with brilliant red feathers.

   騎士用鮮紅的羽毛裝飾他的頭盔。

4. （後接oneself）自誇；自慶[（+on）]
   She plumed herself on her figure.

   她以身材美自豪。

vi.

1. 形成羽毛狀的煙雲
   In the sub-zero weather, their exhausts plumbed white in the grey streets.

   在嚴寒天氣，他們的排氣管在灰色的街道上吐著縷縷白煙。

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.