单词 | plain-sounding |
释义 | > as lemmasplain-sounding C2. With present participles of verbs taking an adjective complement, as plain-seeming, plain-sounding, adjs. ΚΠ 1844 R. M. Milnes Palm Leaves 8 The truth revealed by one plain-seeming man. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Maryland Voters' Guide Campaign 78) 2 The lawyers..would be the best writing lawyers we could find; they would be able to turn legalese into plain sounding prose. 1992 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 6 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 29 Plain-seeming love poems edged with surrealism. < as lemmas |
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