plain
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [ple?n]
- 美式音標 [ple?n]
- 國際音標 [plein]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 平的；簡單的；樸素的；清晰的
- n. 平原；無格式；樸實無華的東西
- adv. 清楚地；平易地
- n. (Plain)人名；(英)普萊恩；(法)普蘭
詞源解說
- 1300年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的plain；最初源自拉丁語的planus，意為平的，平地。
詞根記憶
- 生活中，疼痛(pain)在所難免，再平常(plain)不過
用法辨析
- plain作形容詞的基本意思是“清晰的,明白的”,指能被人清楚地看到或聽到。plain作“樸素的,簡單的,平常的”解時,可指衣著樸素,缺乏裝飾; 也可指人的相貌平常,沒有特別引人注目之處。plain作“坦白的,坦率的,真誠的”解時,一般指人的行為和思想。plain作以上解釋時在句中可用作定語或表語。
- plain還可作“完全的,十足的,徹底的”解,在句中只用作定語,無比較級和最高級形式。
- 當plain的主語是動詞不定式或that從句時,常用于形式主語結(jié)構(gòu)。
- plain用作名詞意思是“平原”,指起伏極小,海拔較低的廣大平地,常用作復(fù)數(shù)形式。
- plain sailing一詞表示“一帆風順”，源自航海詞匯，指采用簡便的平面海圖的導(dǎo)航。
adj. (形容詞)
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- The plain truth is that she will never return.
事實很明顯,她永遠不會回來了。 - The meaning of the sentence is quite plain.
這個句子的意思相當清楚。 - I will be plain with you and tell you the truth.
我跟你開門見山地說實話。 - It's plain to see you haven't done this before.
顯然你以前沒做過這種事情。 - It's quite plain that you haven't been paying attention.
你顯然一直都沒好好地留意。 - I hope I've made myself plain on this issue.
我希望我已把這個問題說清楚了。 - Is the coastal plain good for growing crops?
沿海的平原適合種莊稼嗎?
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ～+ n.
用作表語: S+be+～
S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
It is/was+～+to- v
It is/was+～+that-clause
用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+～
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- plain cake 純蛋糕
- plain chocolate 純巧克力
- plain clothes man 便衣警察
- plain cover 普通信封
- plain drawing 素描
用作形容詞 (adj.)
～+名詞
英英字典
- (WITH NOTHING ADDED) not decorated in any way; with nothing added
- (CLEAR) obvious and clear to understand
- (COMPLETE) (used for emphasis) complete
- (NOT BEAUTIFUL) (especially of a woman or girl) not beautiful
- (LAND) a large area of flat land
- (STITCH) a type of simple stitch in knitting
- completely
- A plain object, surface, or fabric is entirely in one colour and has no pattern, design, or writing on it.
- Something that is plain is very simple in style.
- plainly
- If a fact, situation, or statement is plain, it is easy to recognize or understand.
- If you describe someone as plain, you think they look ordinary and not at all beautiful.
- flat or smooth level
- A plain is a large flat area of land with very few trees on it.
- (intensifier)
- &rarra dialect or poetic word for complain
- If a police officer is in plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plain sailing&rarrsee sailing
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 平原
- 平原
Taihu Basin has about 14,541 km2 polders,which take up 51% of the land area in its land plain.
太湖流域現(xiàn)有圩區(qū)總面積約14541平方公里，占流域平原陸域面積的51％。文學
- 質(zhì)樸
The words in their Ci have such overall characteristics as original singing with a feminine voice,bold and unrestrained as well as simple with plain language.
歌妓詞具有閨音原唱、奔放不羈、語言淺白質(zhì)樸的總體特征。 - 樸素
The wholeness mode of thinking is the general thinking method of Chinese classic works, and the plain thought of wholeness is proposed in the Classics of Changes and the Laozi.
整體思維是中華元典普遍的運思方式，《易經(jīng)》、《老子》中都提出了樸素的整體思想。 - 平易
Generally speaking, compared with the hermit, Tao Yuanming is more real and plain. He is the same with the common people.
總體來說,陶淵明與隱士們相比:他更真實,更平易近人,他跟普通人別無二致。藝術(shù)學
- 質(zhì)樸
The traditional patterns contain the most true and plain feeling of the Chinese nation.
傳統(tǒng)圖案承載了中華民族最真切最質(zhì)樸的情感。 - 樸實
Generally speaking, the design of Diaoban books in the Song Dynasty reflects significant features of plain and simple.
宋朝雕版書籍之設(shè)計一般而言體現(xiàn)出樸實之顯著特色。交通運輸工程
- 平原
The roadbed in mid-west area has its own characteristic, which is different from that in the coastal plain area.
與沿海平原地區(qū)廣泛分布的軟土不同,中西部地區(qū)的公路地基有其自身的特點。歷史學
- 樸素
- 簡明化
Give a discussion on the old and new criticism on it, which is followed by the features of plain legal English.
針對一些圍繞簡明英語所出現(xiàn)的新舊批評性理論進行探討,進一步分析簡明化的法律英語特點。體育
- (2～9點的)普通牌，小牌
- 平針
- 素色
- 平
- 平原;簡單的;無花紋的
- 不著色的