| 单词 | plumy |
| 例句 | They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Her character, Carol Barrett, is an agent for the F.B.I. whose reddish wig, plumy lashes and cavalcade of weary sighs and devastating deadpan stares are among the movie’s best special effects. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The golden retriever waits, “his tail a plumy metronome.” Review | In ‘The Blue Window,’ three generations try to make sense of the past 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Here we had a sort of scabius ten feet high, and a rush or water-grass twenty feet in height, with its plumy reed. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The plumy boughs stirred gently overhead and shed for us the balsamic odors, the flowers waved a welcome at our feet. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z A new fox-skin cap, too, with the plumy white-tipped tail bobbing to his neck, added the finish to this forest dandy. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Lad only wagged his plumy tail the more ecstatically and snuggled closer to the preposterous baby. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Cortes would have mixed it in his plumy helmet and stirred it with that thin, keen sword one may see in the Madrid Armer�a. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z They are matted close in the swamps, plumy on the hilltops. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z He sprang to his feet, spurning the plumy grass. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z He tried both, and finding the door the more digestible, he ate the door; and the next day at dinner-time, Pritchard walked into the dining-room wagging his plumy tail, his yellow eyes shining with satisfaction. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z His plumy tail wagged in glad friendliness; his muzzled nose sought wistfully to kiss the pink little face on a level with his own. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z With him in the front seat of the car rode a great golden-brown dog with a white-starred face, great affectionate eyes, and a plumy white tail. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z From their goldenrod borders reaches a world of happy whiteness, against sky the color of the pickerelweed flower, waving softly, shadowed only by the plumy clouds. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z A Yew Tree on Mountain, N. England I do not clip my Yews, because clipping destroys the shape of one of the most delightful in form of all trees, beautiful, too, in its plumy branching. Garden Design and Architects' Gardens 2011-10-05T02:00:19.627Z Tufts of dark and plumy cypresses rise among the flat graves of the enclosure. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z A hundred yards from the greasy docks lining the sluggish current from which a plumy mist was lifting, a wide screened doorway showed a blaze of electric-light upon a patch of saw-dust floor. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z A laced handkerchief, a plumy fan, and a bouquet in a silver holder finished her off; and Miss Belle surveyed her with the satisfaction of a little girl with a newly dressed doll. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The plumy heads of the grass became pendant with dew-diamonds; every tussock was transformed into a fairy-forest lit by sparkling lamps. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z All the time he was advancing, edging cautiously around the circle of little plumy pines; and already the wind struck his left cheek. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z And her heart pants beneath its plumy vest, French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Only near the shore were groves of cocoa-palms waving their plumy banners to the soft trade breezes. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z It was a calm Summer evening of shadows blue and amethyst, of footfalls and murmurs, an evening plumy as a moth, warm and gentle as the throat of a pigeon. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The track lay like a narrow, coiling ribbon over the waste of plumy grass. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z "Flatterer," said the Empress, tapping her gaily and almost caressingly with a plumy fan of ostrich feathers which she held lightly in one hand, "you are trying to spoil me." Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Trees, trees on all sides! they combine Their plumy shades to throw, Through whose clear fruit and blossom fine Whene'er the sun may go, The ground beneath he deeply stains, As passing through cathedral panes. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II Still they fumed and fretted until we returned Koma, mauled as he was, to Taka's cage, when instantly they nestled their plumy sides close together and blissfully went to sleep. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Beetles "wheel their drony flight" in buzzing circles round for a few turns, and are gone; and moths come fluttering about, and often scorch their plumy wings. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Here and there, from damp, springy places, dark hemlocks rose out of the mass, tall and majestic, waving their plumy tops, giant sentinels of the wilderness. The Mountain Girl It was designed to be closed in with glass, to serve as a conservatory in winter; and meanwhile we had filled it with splendid plumy ferns, taken up out of the neighboring wood. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls When the woodmen had felled the larches they had stripped off the branches and cut away the plumy tops with their axes, and heaps of branches and tops lay about among the remaining trees. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Seen from the top of the tallest building, the sky line was, as yet, an array of plumy pines, which still stood thick among the hardwood trees and, head and shoulders, overtopped them. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country The day was a brave one; the sky was stuffed with plumy clouds and the rich colors of a reverberating sunset. Melomaniacs Through these the water roars, boils, and, striking projections, spouts upward in jets whose plumy top blows off in sheets of spray. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The dark, plumy foliage of the china trees was getting a golden edge. Dr. Sevier It was one evening when Phyllis came to the castle with a big bunch of plumy purple lilac. Oswald Bastable and Others And now he soars a plumy hawk: Now stalks a lordly lion. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Another moment, and the long, plumy sprays parted and Don Felipe stepped into the pathway. When Dreams Come True She leant lazily back in her chair, waving a plumy fan, sometimes, with a soft, even motion. A Vanished Hand The yielding branches of the privet were bowed down with their plumy panicles, and swayed heavily from side to side, drunk with gladness and plenty. Dr. Sevier She pulled handfuls of the plumy grasses beside her, and stared sulkily ahead of her. That Girl Montana Rapid in rage And hope of vengeance, Tereus too is chang'd, And flits a bird; a plumy crest he bears, High on his head: the lengthen'd sword he bore, A beak enormous grows. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II A pale, plumy spray of tamarisk intervened between them, otherwise he must have seen her. When Dreams Come True She went away through the golden dust, one slim hand on the head of her collie dog, who trotted beside her waving his plumy tail. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Hafiz, marching to and fro, his plumy tail curling around her knees, looked up at his mistress out of sapphire eyes. Athalie No shrubs of any kind are to be found here—only beds of thick elastic moss, richer than the richest velvet, and ferns in plumy profusion. . . . Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader The plumy helmet, and the martial mien, Might dignify Minerva’s awful charms; But more resistless far the Idalian queen— Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems Great souls the mount of vision trod, While plumy fire their sandals shod; They saw the unseen and eternal. Song-waves Squirrels there lived to a good old age, till their plumy tails had turned white, for the squire’s one fault in the eyes of keepers and gardeners was that he was soft-hearted towards ‘the varmint.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Madeleine grew hot with the weight of her fur tippet, the pale face under the plumy hat took an unusual pink bloom; her eyes shone with a moist radiance. The Light of Scarthey Above his lowered head The plumy grasses rear a swaying crest; His sinuous motion ripples the broad breast Of this ripe prairie, like a playful wind That leaves its shining, silver track behind. Indian Legends of Minnesota The trees did wave their plumy crests, The glad birds carolled clear; And I, of all the wedding guests, Was only sullen there. Emily Brontë There was moss here and there; here and there, too, a bed of pale green ferns, delicate and plumy; but most of it was the soft red-brown carpet that Margaret loved better even than ferns. Margaret Montfort Whither has Fancy led The plumy thoughts that circle through thy brain? Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics But she was conscious of a little pain at her heart, as she waited, following him with her eyes until the cavalcade was lost to view under the plumy shadows of the distant cypress-trees. The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Above the house the plumy tops of a group of great palm trees waved in the air. Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos She paused abruptly beside the lilac bushes, her arms still uplifted and fingers outstretched as if beckoning to the plumy sprays above her Head. The Lilac Lady In my picture, half of the swans are a plumy raft for her, and row her through the air with their sweeping wings. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Worrying her plumy tail and tobogganing from her back seemed to be favorite pastimes with two of the cubs. Followers of the Trail Much amused, I went at once, and he came directly in, after a long stare at me, and a few wavings of his plumy tail. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. The stalls in the market were gay with plumy lilacs, splendid tulips, roses of every shade, and hyacinths heavy with odour. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag They nearly covered the velvet settle, at one side of the fire, and they nestled in soft, plumy, inviting fashion, into the great Flanders chair on the other side. All's Well Alice's Victory Perhaps the dog understood, for he came a pace nearer and waved his plumy tail tentatively. A Voice in the Wilderness Surprised, the skunk raised his plumy tail like a flag of battle. Followers of the Trail Across the table the Giraffe thumped a white, plumy tail. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs The plumy tail of Red Rufus flew behind him as he twirled, his little feet pattered furiously after Caroline's twinkling sandals. While Caroline Was Growing She sat purring, with her little silvery paws folded, her plumy tail swept gracefully around her, and quite ignored the stew. Young Lucretia and Other Stories He did not seem disposed to take the hint and withdraw, however, until on a sudden the great dog came and stood between them with open-mouthed welcome and joyous greeting in the plumy, wagging tail. A Voice in the Wilderness That long, silky fur, jet black save for two broad white stripes running down the back, and that plumy tail, could belong to but one creature. Followers of the Trail I can see its garlanded crags, its leaping cascades, its plumy palms drowsing by the shore, its remote summits floating like islands above the cloud rack. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson A spray of wild azalea wreathed her dark tumbled hair, and Rufus, his plumy tail curled around her feet in the shadow, and his green eyes flaming, might have been a baby panther. While Caroline Was Growing The wind scarcely swayed its dense and plumy branches. Confessions of Boyhood Bird of Paradise plants were there, too, well named for their plumy splendour of crimson, white, and yellow; and as the spring advanced the China trees brought memories of English lilacs. The Second Latchkey Extended at his left side was Vic, held closely under his left arm, her plumy tail hanging dejectedly in my direction. Captured by the Navajos The plumy dicentra, or Dutchman’s breeches, seems so feminine as to be grossly misnamed until we remember that it was first discovered in the Rip Van Winkle country. Some Spring Days in Iowa The street and the white house-front were plumy with soft tree shadows wavering in a gentle wind. The Butterfly House Regina spoke dubiously, and looked down at the new pet, who wagged his plumy tail as if to deprecate the punishment of such a title. Infelice My plumy pairs, in gay embroidery dressed, Form with ingenious skill the pensile nest; To Love's sweet notes attune the listening dell, And Echo sounds her soft symphonious shell. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters His feet were broad and white, like the feathered feet of some plumy bird, his legs were bare and brown and hairy. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V The feathery bamboo, most gigantic of grasses, runs in plumy lines across the country. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy One day, while on such a journey, Solomon was shocked to feel a ray of sunlight piercing through this plumy dais which overhung his head. The Curious Book of Birds The snow was clustered in exquisite shapes upon its plumy branches; wrapping the tree top with its little cross shoots, as a white robe might wrap a figure with outstretched arms. The Brownies and Other Tales Laodice understood the tender deception and when a sharp turn of the street cut off the sight of the plumy trees of the garden, she covered her face and wept inconsolably. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem But it was the plumy tail of the sheep dog, who was lying there with the Lubber-fiend. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V With what a wealth of gorgeous wild flowers and plumy ferns the pilgrims came laden on their return! Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 The handsome women move about like birds, with a plumy, elastic motion, waving their fans, smelling their bouquets, and listening through them to tones that are very low. Trumps Uncle Bob," she said, as she drew a long white glove over her elbow, her face shadowed by her plumy hat, "you remember you said it might be worse, and I insisted it couldn't be? The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man As they came in sight of the graves, something dark and wild with plumy tail slunk away into the shadows, and seemed a part of the place. The Girl from Montana "Rose Mamie, Rose Mamie," came another loud hail from up the path toward the house and down came the General at top speed, with a plumy setter frisking in his wake. Rose of Old Harpeth By now it was a pink and green May dusk; the air was plumy with moths' wings, heavy with the scent of apple blossom. The Altar Steps As he expounds his plans they are more and more convinced that he is a plumy bird of much waste feather. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 His topaz eyes got bigger and brighter, and his back higher and higher, and his tail plumier and plumier, every minute. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 16, April 19, 1914 While from three to five inches distant from her, he begins to wave his plumy first legs in a way that reminds one of a windmill. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Ostriches have an irresistible way of waving their lovely plumy wings, and one old fellow twenty-five years old actually imitates the dervishes. As Seen By Me Its flight is true Only when level buoyed upon the plumy two. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 She bore her plumy crown so grandly, you would have said she was indeed the queen of Actiniae. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 Stop the meridian flight Of Jove's proud plumy race; Arrest the fiercest fight When foe-men battle face. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 The dark, moss-grown rock was behind her; the softly waving plumy boughs of the pine tree above her, a carpet of tender green beneath her feet. Virgie's Inheritance Great trees were variants of the view, and the high Sierras to the east overtopped the wondrous plumy forests of their pines with blocks of sculptured blue. Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac From this peaceful corner one passes into the barbaric splendor of a souk hung with innumerable plumy bunches of floss silk—skeins of citron yellow, crimson, grasshopper green and pure purple. In Morocco 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. Little Women The God of Love obeys, and sets aside His bow and quiver, and his plumy pride; He walks Iulus in his mother's sight, And in the sweet resemblance takes delight. The Aeneid English A mingling and delicious song Breathes from the blithe-voiced plumy throng; While, to the green-wood hasten we Whose craft is, gentle archery! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 264, July 14, 1827 Then, ye buds, Ye plumy minstrels, and ye balmy gales, Adorn your little hour, and give your joys To bless the fond world-loving traveller, Who, smiling, measures the long flow'ry path That leads to death! Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire He caught it up and buried his face in the plumy tassels. Lo, Michael! She looked forth into the crystalline light and the soft plumy shade,—she would go over into the Ware garden. Quaint Courtships She drops her sword; she nods her plumy crest, Her drooping head declining on her breast: In the last sigh her struggling soul expires, And, murm'ring with disdain, to Stygian sounds retires. The Aeneid English He ruffled up his cold black nose, and elevated his bushy tail—his beautiful, plumy tail. A Woman Tenderfoot It was midnight when he left Clifford peacefully slumbering in somebody's arm-chair, with a long suede glove dangling in his hand and a plumy boa twisted about his neck to protect his throat from drafts. The King in Yellow Bright yellow and scarlet dahlias bloomed around him; plumy lavender and rose colored asters nodded cheerfully in the chill breeze of this first of November. Virgilia or, out of the Lion's Mouth Warding the woodholt, Girt with gay wonder, Sheen with the plumy shine, Phoenix abides. Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Sylvia was speaking now, and the plumy fan was under savant control, waving graceful accompaniment to her soft voice, punctuating her sentences at times, at times making an emphasis or outlining a gesture. The Fighting Chance The mantel-piece held a row of shells, their delicate pink linings showing, and on either end china vases filled with sprays of plumy grass. Life at High Tide 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. The Yosemite Then right behind it would blossom a dainty, plumy little blob of innocent white, fit to make a pompon for the hat, and that, they told us, would be shrapnel. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Waving her great plumy feather fan to and fro, Sibyl looked across it at her companion, and answered in a little sweetly impertinent tone,— "But I never reflect." A Flock of Girls and Boys Across the river plumy willows, pale green and tremulous, grew paler still as a wind passed over them. Purple Springs His eyes opened on a clean white wall, flowers hung from the windows in plumy festoons, birds sang in the yellow dazzling sunlight. The Iron Game A Tale of the War 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. The Mountains of California It was a perfect beauty, white with a plumy tail. The Spanish Chest All the blinds were open and the shades up, and a glory of greenness refreshed the eyes outside on the plumy, bowery hill and lawn. Memories of Hawthorne Then, at a turn, you find yourself unexpectedly looking down upon a planted valley, through plumy fronds of arborescent fern. Two Years in the French West Indies She said, and seized her wrists with eager rage; These in her left hand lock'd, her right untied The bow, the quiver, and its plumy pride. The Iliad So she dug up, very carefully, roots of plumy fern and partridge berries with their leaves, and wintergreen and boxberry plants, to grow in her window-garden in the winter. The Story Hour How golden her hair was under her plumy hat! Rainbow Valley Above the plumy tops of the trees, rising abruptly from the beach with its weather-burned bath houses, the gables and porches of the new home showed here and there. Harriet and the Piper In immediate obedience to his call, the dog reappeared, at the swamp's edge, wagging his plumy tail, glad to be summoned. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story The godlike Hector, high above the rest, Shakes his huge spear, and nods his plumy crest: In throngs around his native bands repair, And groves of lances glitter in the air. The Iliad Surely enough, a large cat sat on the fence, and, as they watched, a huge collie dog, with a beautiful plumy tail, came marching around the corner. Brother and Sister Plato the leonine, waved his plumy tail responsively and gently rubbed his great head against her arm. God's Good Man Coil'd in a heap, a plumy wreathe, He sleeps, you hardly hear him breathe. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Even the china wore no glitter, but was enamelled with green wreaths of vine-leaves; and the vases held only plumy ferns, fresh and dewy. St. Elmo The goldenrod nodded its plumy head in the breeze, and the tall Gaillardia, brown and yellow, flickered unsteadily on its stem. Sowing Seeds in Danny My Irish Molly, O. He puffed a pungent plumy blast. Ulysses Plato looked up at her with great loving brown eyes and wagged his plumy tail. God's Good Man "Aren't they lovely and plumy?" she asked, as she took the bunch he offered and laid the purple flowers against the white ones she held in her hand. The Road to Providence Gay birds' wings, plumy pampas grass, strings of wampum, and pretty work in beads, bark, and feathers, pleased the girls. Jo's Boys It was a painful operation, for his thatch was a stubborn mat of crisp waves and knotty tangles to his plumy tail and down to his feathered toes. Greyfriars Bobby It was designed to be closed in with glass, to serve as a conservatory in winter; and meanwhile we had filled it with splendid plumy ferns, taken up out of the neighbouring wood. Queer Little Folks There was not much green underwood, except in places where Bamboos grew; these formed impenetrable thickets of plumy foliage and thorny, jointed stems, which always compelled us to make a circuit to avoid them. The Naturalist on the River Amazons But at the man's tone of compassion the great plumy tail began to thump the ground in feeble response. His Dog The fiercely silent charge was changed in a trice to a coldly civil touching of noses, and the majestic wagging of a plumy tail. Bruce Alice looked away over the starlit garden to where the plumy trees stirred in the night wind. Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) The long plumy shadows of the one or two trees in the garden faded more and more upon a dead background of dusk. Manalive They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds. Jane Eyre The trees did wave their plumy crests, The glad birds carolled clear; And I, of all the wedding guests, Was only sullen there! Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Catching sight of the group seated in front of the estaminet, he began to wag his plumy tail and set off toward them at a trot. Bruce Coming to a halt by the colonel's side, Bruce stood expectantly wagging his plumy tail and waiting for the folded message from division headquarters to be taken off his collar. Bruce |
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