thistledown

noun

1. 蓟种子冠毛
   a very light soft substance that contains thistle seeds and is blown from thistles by the wind

1. It comes without a whisper, quiet as thistledown, brushing the corner of a hillside garden.
   它悄无声息地来临，静如蓟花冠毛，掠过山坡上果园的一角。
2. It tiptoes through the treetops, rouging a few leaves, then rides a tuft of thistledown across the valley and away.
   它踮着脚尖走过树梢，为些许叶片涂上红色的胭脂，然后乘着一簇蒲公英的种子掠过山谷，渐渐飘远。
3. It makes mock of your sound senses, and lays them in thistledown like fragile vessels.
   它嘲笑你们健全的意识，把它们像脆弱的器皿般置于蓟绒下。

noun

1. pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle