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单词 plain
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Plain
nnoun.objectextensive tract of level open land
Synset:champaign field
Examples:
  • they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
  • he longed for the fields of his youth
Hypernyms:dry land earth ground land solid ground terra firma
Inherited Hypernyms:plainlandobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:flatflood plainfloodplainllanomoormoorlandpeneplainpeneplanesnowfieldsteppetundra
Instance Hyponyms:Nullarbor Plain Olympia Serengeti Serengeti Plain
Full Hyponyms:
alluvial flatflatfloodplainllanomoorpeneplainsalt flatsnowfieldsteppetundra
nnoun.artifacta basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
Synset:knit knit stitch plain stitch
Derivationally Related Form:knit
Hypernyms:knitting stitch
Inherited Hypernyms:knitknitting stitchstitchsewingneedleworkcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.communicationexpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Synset:complain kick kvetch quetch sound off
Examples:
  • My mother complains all day
  • She has a lot to kick about
Antonyms:cheer
Derivationally Related Form:complainercomplaintkick
Inherited Hypernyms:complain
Direct Hyponyms:backbitebeefbellyachebemoanbewailbitchbleatcrabcroakdeploregnarlgripegrizzlegrouchgrousegrumblehen-peckhollerinveighlamentmurmurmutternagpeckprotestrailrepinereportscoldsquawkwhineyammeryawp
Full Troponyms:backbitebleatdeclaimdeploregripegrouchmurmurnagprotestrailrepinereportwhine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: complain)
adj satadj.allclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Synset:apparent evident manifest palpable patent unmistakable
Examples:
  • the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
  • evident hostility
  • manifest disapproval
  • patent advantages
  • made his meaning plain
  • it is plain that he is no reactionary
  • in plain view
  • a palpable lie
Antonyms:unobvious
Derivationally Related Form:patencyappearapparentnessevidenceapparencyplainness
Inherited Hypernyms:apparent
Similar to:obvious
adjadj.allnot elaborate or elaborated; simple
Examples:
  • plain food
  • stuck to the plain facts
  • a plain blue suit
  • a plain rectangular brick building
Antonyms:fancy
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:austere severe stark stern bare mere simple chaste dry dry featureless homely inelaborate unelaborate literal simple tailored trim vanilla
See also:simple unadorned undecorated unpretentious unrhetorical
adjadj.alllacking patterns especially in color
Synset:unpatterned
Antonyms:patterned
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:solid-colored solid-coloured
adj satadj.allnot mixed with extraneous elements
Synset:sheer unmingled unmixed
Examples:
  • plain water
  • sheer wine
  • not an unmixed blessing
Antonyms:impure
Derivationally Related Form:plainness
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:pure
adj satadj.allfree from any effort to soften to disguise
Synset:unvarnished
Examples:
  • the plain and unvarnished truth
  • the unvarnished candor of old people and children
Antonyms:indirect
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:direct
adj satadj.alllacking embellishment or ornamentation
Synset:bare spare unembellished unornamented
Examples:
  • a plain hair style
  • unembellished white walls
  • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
Antonyms:adorned
Derivationally Related Form:plainness
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:unadorned undecorated
adj satadj.alllacking in physical beauty or proportion
Synset:homely
Examples:
  • a homely child
  • several of the buildings were downright homely
  • a plain girl with a freckled face
Antonyms:attractive
Derivationally Related Form:plainnesshomeliness
Inherited Hypernyms:homely
Similar to:unattractive
advadv.allunmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:apparently evidently manifestly obviously patently plainly
Examples:
  • the answer is obviously wrong
  • she was in bed and evidently in great pain
  • he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
  • it is all patently nonsense
  • she has apparently been living here for some time
  • I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
  • You are plainly wrong
  • he is plain stubborn
Pertainyms:manifestobviousplainapparentpatentevident
Inherited Hypernyms:obviously
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