borrowed plumes
基本解释
- n. 借得的漂亮衣服装门面；靠别人得来的声望
英汉例句
- The impostor was exposed publicly and thus stripped of his borrowed plumes.
这骗子被当众揭发，伪装被撕下了。
blog.sina.com.cn - The unlawful government did not last long and its leaders soon lost all their borrowed plumes.
这个非法政府没能维持多久，政府头头的假门面很快就被完全揭下。 - Mary looed charming in her borrowed plumes; she had taken, without asking, her aunt's fan and jewellery.
玛丽穿戴着借来的服饰，样子很迷人。她未经允许拿了她姑妈的扇子和首饰来用。