| 单词 | plain |
| 释义 | plain (pleɪn ) Word forms: plainer , plainest , plains 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1 A plain object, surface, or fabric is entirely in one colour and has no pattern, design, or writing on it. In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger. He placed the paper in a plain envelope. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar. 2. adjective B1 Something that is plain is very simple in style. Bronwen's dress was plain but it hung well on her. It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity. Synonyms: unadorned, simple, basic, severe plainly adverb [ADVERB -ed] B2 He was very tall and plainly dressed. 3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If a fact, situation, or statement is plain, it is easy to recognize or understand. It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown. He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still. Synonyms: clear, obvious, patent, evident 4. See also plain-spoken 5. adjective If you describe someone as plain, you think they look ordinary and not at all beautiful. ...a shy, rather plain girl with a pale complexion. Synonyms: ugly, ordinary, unattractive, homely [US, Canadian] 6. countable noun A plain is a large flat area of land with very few trees on it. Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains. Synonyms: flatland, plateau, prairie, grassland 7. adverb [ADVERB adjective] You can use plain before an adjective in order to emphasize it. [emphasis] The food was just plain terrible. Plain is also used before a noun. Is it love of publicity or plain stupidity on her part? 8. adjective [ADJ n-proper] You can use plain before a name to emphasize how simple and ordinary it is, especially when you are comparing it with another more unusual or impressive name. [emphasis] Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest? 9. in plain clothes phrase If a police officer is in plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform. Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car. 10. plain sailing phrase If you say that a task was not all plain sailing, you mean that it was not very easy. Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems. We know it won't be plain sailing because there are no easy games at this level. Idioms: plain as day very easy to see, or very obvious and easy to understand He was lying there plain as day, a starchy sheet covering the lower half of his hospital gown. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers plain as the nose on your face very obvious or easy to understand It's plain as the nose on your face that this company is wildly undervalued. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers plain sailing [British] or smooth sailing easy to do or achieve Once I got used to the diet it was plain sailing. I lost 2 stones in weight over a four month period and the weight loss has been maintained. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: in plain view It's a view from a patriotic wartime poster, a landscape worth fighting for, thousands of years of history rolling out in plain view. Times, Sunday Times Negotiations over the format of the debates are supposed to be carried out in secret but are increasingly being conducted in plain view. Times, Sunday Times There's a great deal in the memoir he can't quite admit - what he calls hiding in plain view. Times, Sunday Times The latter has certainly been in plain view this last week. Times, Sunday Times Anyway, there's no point in psychoanalysing him, because almost everything seems to be in plain view. Times, Sunday Times Instead, they make plain their discontent from behind the curtain, forcing a move without having the decency to admit it. Times, Sunday Times He felt happier discussing it in an interview, however, when he could make plain that there was no ill-feeling. Times, Sunday Times But in such a sensitive context, the legislation should make plain the limited circumstances in which closed hearings are permissible. Times, Sunday Times But his fall from grace was inevitable when he began to make plain that he had lost sympathy with his masters' policies, or rather lack of them. Times, Sunday Times They also make plain his originality and daring; some of these entirely figurative pictures are prevented from being seen as abstracts only by a few lines on a windowpane. Times, Sunday Times Peering through the musty dimness (the blinds are drawn over the plain glass windows), you almost expect to see a keg set up in back. Christianity Today During a flowering period of reconstruction, older windows with plain glass and leading were replaced. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pale woodwork (mostly pine), large areas of plain glass and whitewashed walls give a bright appearance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its auditorium has 18ft m high plain glass arched windows on either side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were installed in 1901, replacing the original plain glass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The beauties of the plain style are often urged on me, the duty of excising rather than adding. The Times Literary Supplement He combines wit, fine judgement and greatwisdomwith a plain style. The Times Literary Supplement The author said he adopted the plain style to suit the story he strove to tell. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This a genuine folk book, written in an easy and plain style, filled with humour and pointed satire, intended to instruct while it amused. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1926 the station hall spanning two platforms with four tracks was rebuilt in its present plain style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nor can we apologize for speaking the plain truth in love. Christianity Today Never speak the plain truth as you see it — the plain truth always offends and you'll be out of a job. The Sun The plain truth about this programme was that there was nothing to see. Times, Sunday Times Now we have the plain truth. Times, Sunday Times This isn't self-abasement, it's the plain truth. Times, Sunday Times Bowl of sugar-free muesli with grated apple and plain yogurt. The Sun Plain yogurt, creme fraiche and/or a spoonful of horseradish are good additions. The Sun If you really can't do without bread, replace 30g of cheese or a nonfat plain yogurt with a slice (30g) of bread. Times, Sunday Times A spoon of creme fraiche or plain yogurt works great - especially with chopped parsley, coriander, mint or all three. The Sun Remove from heat, stir in a tablespoon of plain yogurt. The Sun Within about five seconds viewers are treated to the first jaw-dropping sight of an elephant roaming the plains. The Sun Today his profile reminds travelers of the first people to roam the plains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They roamed the plains and swamps of the planet in large herds, and their distinctive call could be heard for kilometers around. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaic people roamed the plains and the mountains, although hunting and gathering sufficient food to feed the band of people was more difficult in the higher altitude ecological climates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We went through the forest and the road came out and turned along a rise of land, and out ahead of us was a rolling green plain, with dark mountains beyond it. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) For every anecdotal tale of a marriage destroyed by ' addiction 'to the game, there are a dozen stories of loving relationships and unlikely friendships forged and strengthened in the rolling plains and bizarre cities of the game. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Some years ago, 11 to be precise, I had a small rant about the dearth of mighty dramas on radio, the absence of peaks in the endless rolling plains, the rarity of works that shake and inspire you and fill your imagination and never let go. Times, Sunday Times (2013) This constant rebuilding gradually raised the level of cities, which thus came to be elevated above the surrounding plain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tells rise above the surrounding plain from two to ten meters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The feature has steep sides and an undulating top which rise above the surrounding plain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Erosion by wind and rain has left an isolated pillar of 350 million year old sandstone, rising 50 metres above the surrounding plain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The crater floor looks very similar in morphology to the surrounding plain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fairway was a vast plain that swayed right to left, and the wind was at my back. Globe and Mail It's a vast plain of rock, sand and shrub, with an occasional mountain thrown up on the periphery to stop the visitor nodding off. Times, Sunday Times It has a vast plain with extensive valleys surrounded on all sides by hills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The property spreads out from the river forming a vast plain of sand and clay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Across its vast plains we spot islands of sevens, jungles of threes, branching rivers of zeros. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 简单的, 平原 Japanese: 平坦な, 平原 |
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