plain

释义

adj.清楚的; 坦诚的; 单色的; 朴素的; 普通的; 明显的; 相貌平平的; 平针的; 完全的n.平原; 平针adv.显然

大小写变形: Plain

词态变化

复数 :   plains ; 比较级 :   plainer ; 最高级 :   plainest ; 名词 :   plainness ;

实用场景例句

Choosing a plain carpet often increases the sense of spaciousness in a room.

选择素色的地毯常常能增强房间的宽敞感。

金山词霸

He slid the paper into a plain envelope.

他把文件滑进一个素面的信封里。

金山词霸

The plain gown Bronwen wore draped elegantly over her figure.

布朗温穿着的素雅长裙优雅地垂落在她的身形上。

金山词霸

The plain gray stone dwelling stood out primarily because of its remarkably preserved minimalist charm.

这栋朴素的灰色石屋因其保存完好的极简魅力而格外突出。

金山词霸

My distress was so plain that he immediately recognized I was nearing a mental collapse.

我的痛苦如此明显，以至于他立刻意识到我即将精神崩溃。

金山词霸

His plain statement of devotion to the game reveals an enduring wish to stay involved.

他直白地表达了对这项运动的挚爱，透露出持续参与的渴望。

金山词霸

The plain stretched before us, dotted with shy wildflowers and a girl of plain appearance.

平原在我们面前延伸，点缀着害羞的野花和一位相貌平平的女孩。

金山词霸

The vast plain once teemed with 70 million buffalo.

这片广阔的平原上曾栖息着7,000万头野牛。

金山词霸

The food was utterly plain and unappetizing.

这食物非常平淡无味，毫无食欲。

金山词霸

Why couldn't they just pick a plain name like Ann or Alice for you?

他们为什么不能给你选个简单的名字，比如安或艾丽斯呢？

金山词霸

Undercover officers dressed in plain clothes ordered me to step out of the car.

身着便衣的卧底警官命令我下车。

金山词霸

真题例句

As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars,although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

Subsidise companies to adopt plain packaging.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Plain packaging would be another step in the reclassification of cigarettes from inviting consumer products to narcotics ( ' , 麻醉剂).

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Plain packaging discourages non-smokers from taking up smoking.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Evidence from Australia suggests plain packaging pushes society further along that road.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Rising more than 1,000 feet in the middle of the gently rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped down into this location from a different time and place.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

They are interesting for the fact that they are very plain and undecorated for the time, with only one plain central panel at the back and no armrests.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

We can tear apart the great grass cover of the western plains and pour toxic chemicals into the soil until the soil is dead and blows away in the wind.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.

2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

similar studies tested whether students learned basic physics and chemistry concepts better by reading plain text or viewing pictures to and everyone do better with the help of pictures.

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Read the syllabus and learning management system information to be sure the answer isn't hiding in plain sight.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

英英释义

Noun

1. extensive tract of level open land;

"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"

"he longed for the fields of his youth"

2. a basic knitting stitch

Verb

1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

"My mother complains all day"

"She has a lot to kick about"

Adjective

1. clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

"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"

2. not elaborate or elaborated; simple;

"plain food"

"stuck to the plain facts"

"a plain blue suit"

"a plain rectangular brick building"

3. lacking patterns especially in color

4. not mixed with extraneous elements;

"plain water"

"sheer wine"

"not an unmixed blessing"

5. free from any effort to soften to disguise;

"the plain and unvarnished truth"

"the unvarnished candor of old people and children"

6. lacking embellishment or ornamentation;

"a plain hair style"

"unembellished white walls"

"functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

7. lacking stylistic embellishment;

"a literal description"

"wrote good but plain prose"

"a plain unadorned account of the coronation"

"a forthright unembellished style"

8. comprehensible to the general public;

"written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"

9. lacking in physical beauty or proportion;

"a homely child"

"several of the buildings were downright homely"

"a plain girl with a freckled face"

Adverb

1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');

"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"