And then you won't know me, sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket--a jay in borrowed plumes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
Only a very faint bending of the head-dress and plumes welcomed Rawdon and his wife, as those prodigals returned to their family. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
There was frost on the hairs of their muzzles and their breathing made plumes of frost in the air. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
I have little right; and you, perhaps, have still less to come flourishing and fluttering into my chamber--a mere jay in borrowed plumes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Every one knows how the horns of stags become more and more branched, and the plumes of some birds become more finely developed, as they grow older. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.