【詞匯解釋】

1.plume[plu:m]  n. 羽毛，羽飾，羽狀物v. 整理羽毛，用羽毛裝飾，騷首弄姿，自豪

A plume formerly used to trim women's hats.
裝飾羽毛用作裝飾婦女女帽的羽毛

Resembling a feather or plume.
似羽毛的類似羽毛或大羽的

He does not plume himself on these achievements.
他并不因這些成就而自夸

2.remnant  adj. 剩余的n. 殘(剩)余

A remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in the earth's crust.
化石埋置并保存于地層中的古生物遺體、遺物和其生活遺址，如骨骸、葉子的印痕等

If something has been partly used or destroyed, we use remains or remnants.
若某物的一部分已用掉或毀掉，其剩余或殘存部分可用。

I will sell this remnant to you, at cost.
我愿將此剩貨照成本賣給你。

3.particle['pɑ:tikl]  n. 微粒，質點，極小量

A particle, such as an electron, a proton, or a neutron, having half-integral spin and obeying statistical rules requiring that not more than one in a set of identical particles may occupy a particular quantum state.
費密子一種如電子、質子或中子等自旋為半整數的基本粒子，具有一種使得不可能有多于一個的粒子占有任何一個特殊的量子力學態的量子力學對稱性

There wasn't a particle of truth in what he said.
他說的沒有一點真話。

We can see the dust particles floating in the sunlight clearly.
我們可以很清楚地看到陽光下的灰塵顆粒。

4..infiltrate['infiltreit]  v. （使）滲透，（使）滲入

He joined the party and turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing because he was sent to infiltrate our group for the extreme right wingers.
他加入了我們的黨，結果卻是一只披著羊皮的豺狼，因為他是被極右分子派來混在我們的團體之中的。

Beware of the fifth column. They often infiltrate into key positions and seek to undermine the body politic from within.
要提防隱蔽的敵人，他們經常滲透到關鍵崗位企圖從內部破壞國家政體。

The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.
老師設法把她的思想滲透到孩子們的心中。