单词 | plumage |
释义 | plumage (pluːmɪdʒ ) uncountable noun A bird's plumage is all the feathers on its body. The birds were still in this summer plumage. Synonyms: feathers, down, plumes Collocations: winter plumage Some are still in winter plumage, with just two small, dark marks on their head, one behind the eye and one above it. Times, Sunday Times They will become more common as the days go by, but the later arrivals will all be in their winter plumage. Times, Sunday Times At close quarters one sees they are far more beautiful, especially in their winter plumage. Times, Sunday Times At this time of the year we get used to the golden plover (pictured, winter plumage) as a species en masse, in stolidly bunched flocks in agricultural landscape. Times, Sunday Times When in winter plumage, both birds have a dark grey smudge behind the eye and a grey hind-neck collar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 羽毛 Japanese: 羽毛 |
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