They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.

它们在房间里散开，它们轻盈而轻盈的动作让我想起了一群长着羽毛的白鸟。

The mature cones, about three-fourths of an inch long, born on the ends of the plumy branchlets, serve to enrich still more the surpassing beauty of this winter-blooming tree-goldenrod.

成熟的球果长约四分之三英寸，长在羽状小枝的末端，进一步丰富了这株冬季开花的黄花树的绝美之姿。

A lace handkerchief, a plumy fan, and a bouquet in a shoulder holder finished her off, and Miss Belle surveyed her with the satisfaction of a little girl with a newly dressed doll.

一块绣边的手帕，一把羽毛扇和一束有银托子的鲜花，把她打扮齐全了。贝莱小姐对她上下打量，其满足的程度就像一个小女孩看着她新穿好衣服的“娃娃”一般。

The fertile cones are about three fourths of an inch long, borne on the outside of the plumy branchlets, where they serve to enrich still more the surpassing beauty of this grand winter-blooming goldenrod.

肥沃的球果长约四分之三英寸，长在羽状小枝的外侧，在那里它们进一步丰富了这株冬季盛开的大黄花的超凡美丽。

However, before he could put any inclination into effect, the young man saw from amid the trees a bright light shining, the rays from which radiated like needles through the sad plumy foliage of the yews.

然而，还没来得及付诸行动， 年轻人就看到树林中有一道亮光在闪耀， 光线像针一样从紫杉郁郁葱葱的枝叶中放射出来。

In its youth A. concolor is a charmingly symmetrical tree with its flat plumy branches arranged in regular whorls around the whitish-gray axis which terminates in a stout, hopeful shoot, pointing straight to the zenith, like an admonishing finger.

年轻时的 A. concolor 是一棵迷人的对称树，其扁平的羽毛状枝条围绕灰白色的轴线排列成规则的螺旋状，末端是粗壮、充满希望的枝条，直指天顶，就像一根警示的手指。

" I am a schoolboy, going to the school I like best, " he answered, waving a plumy spray of asters as if pointing out the lovely autumn world about them, full of gay hues, fresh airs, and mellow sunshine.

“我是一个小学生，去我最喜欢的学校上学，”他回答说，挥舞着紫苑的羽毛状花束，仿佛在指出它们周围可爱的秋天世界，那里充满了欢快的色彩、清新的空气和柔和的阳光。