1·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。
2·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。
3·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.
那你就不认识我了，先生，我不再是你的简·爱，而是穿了丑角衣装的猴子——一只披了别人羽毛的八哥。