英语词汇“plane”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

plane1

/pleɪn

noun

1A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie: the horizontal plane...

He then considered the problem of when the geodesics on a surface could be represented as straight lines on the plane.
What is the path of an object dragged along a horizontal plane by a string of constant length when the end of the string not joined to the object moves along a straight line in the plane?
The style was mathematical in its use of columns in straight lines, and flat planes.

Synonyms

flat surface, level surface;

the flat, horizontal

1.1An imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects: the planets orbit the sun in roughly the same plane...

This is achieved by placing imaginary planes at the mouths of a channel that separates the pore region from the bulk water.
The current is computed from the number of ions that pass through an imaginary plane near the end of the channel during a simulation period.
The two orthogonal nodal planes separating these quadrants represent the fault plane and an imaginary plane called the auxiliary plane.

1.2A flat or level surface of a material object: the plane of his forehead...

When the strike-off operation is performed well, the surface plane of the concrete is flat with few ups and downs to be corrected with a bull float.
Second, for the kinetic behavior, we have assumed that the diffusion in the plane of the surface is much faster than the motion perpendicular to it.
To add a greater degree of difficulty, the students also had to break the plane of the surface on which they were working.

1.3A flat surface producing lift by the action of air or water over and under it.

2A level of existence, thought, or development: everything is connected on the spiritual plane...

It is as if she has already passed into a higher plane of existence and is recalling mortal limitations from the other side, as it were.
Jack had a little posse made up of rich kids who thought being rich placed you on a higher plane of existence than the rest of the world.
By then, the crowd had migrated into a higher plane of metal-rock-consciousness.

Synonyms

level, stage, degree, standard, stratum;

position, rung, echelon, footing

adjective [attributive]

1Completely level or flat: a plane surface...

Each speaker was on a plane level with the listener's head and approximately 10 inches from the wall.
I accomplished this by placing against the objective a piece of glass which was plane on one side and curved on the other, so as to be a portion of a cylinder of large diameter.

Synonyms

flat, level, horizontal, even, flush, levelled, true;

smooth, regular, uniform

technical planar

rare homaloidal

1.1Relating to only two-dimensional surfaces or magnitudes: plane and solid geometry...

He therefore added a preface of his own on applications of logarithms to both plane trigonometry and to spherical trigonometry.
Among the subjects to which his principal papers related were plane and solid geometry, theory of numbers, and link motion.
He published a treatise on the analytic geometry of plane curves in 1756.

verb [no object, with adverbial]

1(Of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide: seagulls swooped and planed overhead...

There comes a point, alas, when a baby bird, trying its wings, finds it has planed down off the roof, and can't get back up again.
No life stirred except where, against the sky, buzzards planed and glided on motionless wings.

Synonyms

soar, glide, float, drift, wheel

1.1 [no object] (Of a boat, surfboard, etc.) skim over the surface of water as a result of lift produced by hydrodynamic means.He stood in a slight crouch amidships, his knees bent just enough so that he could maintain balance as the boat planed along the waters, the hull bouncing and slapping down the waves passing underneath the bow....

Once the vessel started planing with a lower freeboard aft the fender would be low enough to bounce on the sea surface.
Even a slightly dirty bottom can keep your boat from planing or, on a displacement hull, can slow it down dramatically.

Synonyms

skim, glide

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin planum 'flat surface', neuter of the adjective planus 'plain'. The adjective was suggested by French plan(e) 'flat'. The word was introduced to differentiate the geometrical senses, previously expressed by plain¹, from the latter's other meanings.

Rhymes

plane2

/pleɪn

noun

An aeroplane: [as modifier]: a plane crash...

The plane crashed on the helicopter landing pad adjacent to the Pentagon.
Fighters, transport planes, bombers and helicopters will fill the skies over RAF Fairford in the run-up to the air show this weekend.
The same flight control radar systems are used in helicopters, low-flying private planes, light aircraft and stealth bombers.

Synonyms

aircraft, craft, flying machine;

British aeroplane;

North American airplane, ship

informal bird

British informal, dated kite

verb [no object, with adverbial of direction]

Travel in an aeroplane: I had planed into the large air terminal at Los Angeles...

An internal passenger flight had crashed on take-off from Washington: coughing a few feet off the ground before planing through a crowded commuter bridge and plunging into the frozen river beyond.
I planed down by Gulf Air's cheap service (called Gulf Traveller) and it was absolutely atrocious.

Origin

Early 20th century: shortened form.

plane3

/pleɪn

noun

A tool consisting of a block with a projecting steel blade, used to smooth a wooden or other surface by paring shavings from it.My primary tool interest is as a collector, especially of wooden planes by different makers....

Carpenters had mallets, hammers, drills, chisels, scrapers, planes, and copper saws at their disposal.
An interesting handled smooth plane surfaced at a local flea market this past summer.

verb [with object]

1Smooth (wood or other material) with a plane: plane the edges of the wood to a smooth finish...

If the face frame projects beyond the side of the cabinet, plane the wood until it is flush.
Or you may have to shave a hair off a miter or plane the back edge of a cut to make a tight joint.
Any areas of the wood that show cupping or crowning will need to be planed by using a jointer or table saw as demonstrated in the videotape.

1.1 [with object and adverbial] Reduce or remove (unwanted material) with a plane: plane off any swollen wood before repainting...

The oak-based glulam was then planed down again to smaller sections.
Before a term begins, new towels replace old ones and the outer layer of a chopping block is planed down.
The blocks are cut along the length of the tree before being planed down, and the artist is thus obliged to cut through the texture of the wood with very sharp tools.

Origin

Middle English: from a variant of obsolete French plaine 'planing instrument', from late Latin plana (in the same sense), from Latin planare 'make level', from planus 'plain, level'.

plane4

/pleɪn

(also plane tree)

noun

A tall spreading tree of the northern hemisphere, with maple-like leaves and bark which peels in uneven patches.

Genus Platanus, family Platanaceae. See also London plane, chinar.

The focal point of the park is the now defunct fountain, surrounded by conifers, oaks, planes, jacarandas, and tipiana trees dropping their yellow blossoms....

Emei's flora is renowned; sub-tropical ferns and strands of bamboo huddle amidst plane and fir trees.
No songbirds to tangle in the hedges, in shrubs, up above your head in the crowns of cypress and in the branches of chestnut trees, plane trees.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, from platus 'broad'.

单词	plane
释义	plane1 /pleɪn / noun 1A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie: the horizontal plane... He then considered the problem of when the geodesics on a surface could be represented as straight lines on the plane. What is the path of an object dragged along a horizontal plane by a string of constant length when the end of the string not joined to the object moves along a straight line in the plane? The style was mathematical in its use of columns in straight lines, and flat planes. Synonyms flat surface, level surface; the flat, horizontal 1.1An imaginary flat surface through or joining material objects: the planets orbit the sun in roughly the same plane... This is achieved by placing imaginary planes at the mouths of a channel that separates the pore region from the bulk water. The current is computed from the number of ions that pass through an imaginary plane near the end of the channel during a simulation period. The two orthogonal nodal planes separating these quadrants represent the fault plane and an imaginary plane called the auxiliary plane. 1.2A flat or level surface of a material object: the plane of* his forehead... When the strike-off operation is performed well, the surface plane of the concrete is flat with few ups and downs to be corrected with a bull float. Second, for the kinetic behavior, we have assumed that the diffusion in the plane of the surface is much faster than the motion perpendicular to it. To add a greater degree of difficulty, the students also had to break the plane of the surface on which they were working. 1.3A flat surface producing lift by the action of air or water over and under it. 2A level of existence, thought, or development: everything is connected on the spiritual plane... It is as if she has already passed into a higher plane of existence and is recalling mortal limitations from the other side, as it were. Jack had a little posse made up of rich kids who thought being rich placed you on a higher plane of existence than the rest of the world. By then, the crowd had migrated into a higher plane of metal-rock-consciousness. Synonyms level, stage, degree, standard, stratum; position, rung, echelon, footing adjective [attributive]* 1Completely level or flat: a plane surface... Each speaker was on a plane level with the listener's head and approximately 10 inches from the wall. I accomplished this by placing against the objective a piece of glass which was plane on one side and curved on the other, so as to be a portion of a cylinder of large diameter. Synonyms flat, level, horizontal, even, flush, levelled, true; smooth, regular, uniform technical planar rare homaloidal 1.1Relating to only two-dimensional surfaces or magnitudes: plane and solid geometry... He therefore added a preface of his own on applications of logarithms to both plane trigonometry and to spherical trigonometry. Among the subjects to which his principal papers related were plane and solid geometry, theory of numbers, and link motion. He published a treatise on the analytic geometry of plane curves in 1756. verb [no object, with adverbial] 1(Of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide: seagulls swooped and planed overhead... There comes a point, alas, when a baby bird, trying its wings, finds it has planed down off the roof, and can't get back up again. No life stirred except where, against the sky, buzzards planed and glided on motionless wings. Synonyms soar, glide, float, drift, wheel 1.1 [no object] (Of a boat, surfboard, etc.) skim over the surface of water as a result of lift produced by hydrodynamic means.He stood in a slight crouch amidships, his knees bent just enough so that he could maintain balance as the boat planed along the waters, the hull bouncing and slapping down the waves passing underneath the bow.... Once the vessel started planing with a lower freeboard aft the fender would be low enough to bounce on the sea surface. Even a slightly dirty bottom can keep your boat from planing or, on a displacement hull, can slow it down dramatically. Synonyms skim, glide Origin Early 17th century: from Latin planum 'flat surface', neuter of the adjective planus 'plain'. The adjective was suggested by French plan(e) 'flat'. The word was introduced to differentiate the geometrical senses, previously expressed by plain¹, from the latter's other meanings. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne plane2 /pleɪn / noun An aeroplane: [as modifier]: a plane crash... The plane crashed on the helicopter landing pad adjacent to the Pentagon. Fighters, transport planes, bombers and helicopters will fill the skies over RAF Fairford in the run-up to the air show this weekend. The same flight control radar systems are used in helicopters, low-flying private planes, light aircraft and stealth bombers. Synonyms aircraft, craft, flying machine; British aeroplane; North American airplane, ship informal bird British informal, dated kite verb [no object, with adverbial of direction] Travel in an aeroplane: I had planed into the large air terminal at Los Angeles... An internal passenger flight had crashed on take-off from Washington: coughing a few feet off the ground before planing through a crowded commuter bridge and plunging into the frozen river beyond. I planed down by Gulf Air's cheap service (called Gulf Traveller) and it was absolutely atrocious. Origin Early 20th century: shortened form. plane3 /pleɪn / noun A tool consisting of a block with a projecting steel blade, used to smooth a wooden or other surface by paring shavings from it.My primary tool interest is as a collector, especially of wooden planes by different makers.... Carpenters had mallets, hammers, drills, chisels, scrapers, planes, and copper saws at their disposal. An interesting handled smooth plane surfaced at a local flea market this past summer. verb [with object] 1Smooth (wood or other material) with a plane: plane the edges of the wood to a smooth finish... If the face frame projects beyond the side of the cabinet, plane the wood until it is flush. Or you may have to shave a hair off a miter or plane the back edge of a cut to make a tight joint. Any areas of the wood that show cupping or crowning will need to be planed by using a jointer or table saw as demonstrated in the videotape. 1.1 [with object and adverbial] Reduce or remove (unwanted material) with a plane: plane off any swollen wood before repainting... The oak-based glulam was then planed down again to smaller sections. Before a term begins, new towels replace old ones and the outer layer of a chopping block is planed down. The blocks are cut along the length of the tree before being planed down, and the artist is thus obliged to cut through the texture of the wood with very sharp tools. Origin Middle English: from a variant of obsolete French plaine 'planing instrument', from late Latin plana (in the same sense), from Latin planare 'make level', from planus 'plain, level'. plane4 /pleɪn / (also plane tree) noun A tall spreading tree of the northern hemisphere, with maple-like leaves and bark which peels in uneven patches. Genus Platanus, family Platanaceae. See also London plane, chinar. The focal point of the park is the now defunct fountain, surrounded by conifers, oaks, planes, jacarandas, and tipiana trees dropping their yellow blossoms.... Emei's flora is renowned; sub-tropical ferns and strands of bamboo huddle amidst plane and fir trees. No songbirds to tangle in the hedges, in shrubs, up above your head in the crowns of cypress and in the branches of chestnut trees, plane trees. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos, from platus 'broad'.
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