plain的意思和读音

plain

: [pleɪn] : [pleɪn]

adj.

v.

adv.

n.

plainer  plainest  plains  

adj.+n.plain language,plain truth,plain fact,eastern plain,plain food

n.lowland

adj.elaborate,obscure,evasive,pretty

n.floodplain,valley,delta,lowland,flat

adj.simple,clear,blunt,homely

plainadj.

1.easy to see or understand

He made it plain that we should leave.

She made her annoyance plain.

The facts were plain to see .

It was a rip-off, plain and simple .

2.not trying to trick anyone; honest and direct

The plain fact is that nobody really knows.

a politician with a reputation for plain speaking

3.not decorated or complicated; simple

a plain but elegant dress

plain food

The interior of the church was plain and simple.

plain yogurt(= without sugar or fruit)

4.without marks or a pattern on it

covers in plain or printed cotton

Write on plain paper(= without lines) .

5.[obn]used to emphasize that sth is very ordinary, not special in any way

You don't need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense.

6.姿not beautiful or attractive

7.describing a simple stitch used in knitting

IDMbe plain sailingto be simple and free from troublein plain Englishsimply and clearly expressed, without using technical language(as) plain as a pikestaff(as) plain as day(as) plain as the nose on your facevery obviousn.— see alsofloodplain

1.a large area of flat land

the flat coastal plain of Thassos

the Great Plains

adv.

1.(informal)used to emphasize how bad, stupid, etc. sth is

plain stupid/wrong

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adj.1.easily seen or understood2.simple in design, with no decoration; plain food is simple and does not have a lot of things added to it; not very attractive; used before a name for saying that someone does not have a special title or name3.expressing what you think honestly, using simple, direct language

adv.1ed for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular negative quality

n.1.a large flat area of land

1. topography plain lowland ...

2. major a. plain a. chart vt. () ...

3. direct dyeing plain twill ...

4. resistance Plain admiral ...

5. place n. plain n. a. plan n.&vt. ...

6. plagiarize plain ;n. plaintiff ...

7. pioneer* plain* planet* ...

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1.Clean Syntax You can create easy to read classes with Eiffel's simple, unambiguous plain-English syntax.

2.After picking up the placards, gradually uniformed and plain-clothes police force, one of whom was a woman, showed up.便

3.Brent liked India but he thought her mighty plain and tame , and he simply could not fall in love with her himself to keep Stuart company.

4.Anyways , to the point. . . To say that Kobe does not deserve the MVP award is just misinformed, biased, and plain wrong./ target=_blank class=infotextkey>MVP

5.Catherine was lying in the narrow bed wearing a plain, square-cut night-gown that looked as though it were made of rough sheeting.穿

6.definitely have no brokenhearted of pain and sufferings. The truth is very plain, compare to the poor Han will not drop purse similar.

7.She was a plain, elderly woman, dressed in a comprehensive waterproof mantle; she had a face with a good deal of rather violent point.

8.BATA reaffirms its opposition to plain packaging of tobacco products and believes any such proposals do not hold up to close scrutiny.

9.On another occasion, however, she said that "the duty of a judge is to follow the law, not to question its plain terms. "。”

10.Once waves have been generated, gravity is the force that drives them in a continual attempt to restore the ocean surface to a flat plain.使