| 单词 | plat and plain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplat and plain 2. Plain, blunt, straightforward. Frequently in plat and plain. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1966. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct naked?c1225 platc1385 plaina1393 light?a1400 rounda1450 direct1530 frank1548 evena1573 handsmooth1612 point-blank1648 crude1650 plain-spoken1658 plain-spoke1706 unambiguous1751 plump1789 straightforward1806 plain-said1867 pine-blank1883 straight1894 point-to-point1905 non-ambiguous1924 Wife of Bath1926 simpliste1973 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1845 My wyl is this for plat [v.r. plate] conclusioun..That euerich of yow shal goon wher hym leste. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 148 (MED) Þe Moder onswerd aȝein Wiþ wordus Mylde, plat, and pleyn. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1235 (MED) Þat fynde I a plat sooth and a pleyn. c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 106 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 102 For-þi of þat thing spek nomare! For playt na [i.e. plat ‘no’] sal be þi ansuere. c1480 (a1400) St. Agnes 120 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 349 Bot scho plat nay ay said hym til. 1533 T. More Apologye xxiii. 141 They speke openly platte and playne heresye. 1559–60 MS. Cott., Caligula B. ix Gods providence [hes] sa altered the case, ȝea changed it to the plat contrary. 1560 H. Cole Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. A.iiiv A platte and playne answere. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales 14 Wer'tna that Stackhouse, by his study, Has made them plat and plain already. 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 55 Da answer cam baid plain an plat. 1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ i. xix Some platt ettle sud aye be made be us. plat and plain 1. Bluntly, plainly; straightforwardly, directly. Frequently in plat and plain (also plakk and plain). Now rare. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1966. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] > straightforwardly or directly platc1375 in short and plainc1386 plaina1387 platlyc1390 in (also at, on, unto) (a, the) plainc1395 roundc1405 homelya1413 directly1509 roundly1528 point-blank1598 in good set termsa1616 broadly1624 crudely1638 plain downa1640 plumply1726 plumpa1734 squably1737 straightforward1809 unvarnishedly1824 pine-blank1834 blankly1846 squarely1860 straight out1874 straightforwardly1906 c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3947 Thus warned hym ful plat and ful pleyn His doghter. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4084 (MED) Seie unto the poeple plat..The leste finger of thin hond, It schal be strengere overal Than was thi fadres bodi al. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 810 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 168 Be nat aferd, but tell on plein & plat. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 681 Telle me plat now what is th' enchesoun And final cause of wo that ye endure. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. vi. 6 With sic busteous wordis he thaim grat, And..gan thame chiding thus plat. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 295 The Gouernour denyes and platt refuses the condicioune. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. i. 6 But single out, and say once plat and plaine That [etc.]. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems 33 Syne tauld his erran' plat and plain, An' saw it wasna that ill ta'en. 1898 J. Nicolson Aithstin' Hedder 50 Ta pit it aa doon plain an plat Wid hinder time ower mukkle. 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 658/2 I telled him plakk and plain. < as lemmas |
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