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音标发音

• 英式音标 [pleɪn]
• 美式音标 [pleɪn]
• 国际音标 [plein]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 平的；简单的；朴素的；清晰的
• n. 平原；无格式；朴实无华的东西
• adv. 清楚地；平易地
• n. (Plain)人名；(英)普莱恩；(法)普兰

词源解说

• 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的plain；最初源自拉丁语的planus，意为平的，平地。

词根记忆

• 生活中，疼痛(pain)在所难免，再平常(plain)不过

同根派生

• adv性质的同根词

  plainly：明白地；坦率地；平坦地；朴素地。

• n性质的同根词

  plainness：明白；平坦；正直；平坦度。

• plain相关词

用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• plain作形容词的基本意思是“清晰的,明白的”,指能被人清楚地看到或听到。plain作“朴素的,简单的,平常的”解时,可指衣着朴素,缺乏装饰; 也可指人的相貌平常,没有特别引人注目之处。plain作“坦白的,坦率的,真诚的”解时,一般指人的行为和思想。plain作以上解释时在句中可用作定语或表语。
• plain还可作“完全的,十足的,彻底的”解,在句中只用作定语,无比较级和最高级形式。
• 当plain的主语是动词不定式或that从句时,常用于形式主语结构。

n. (名词)

• plain用作名词意思是“平原”,指起伏极小,海拔较低的广大平地,常用作复数形式。
• plain sailing一词表示“一帆风顺”，源自航海词汇，指采用简便的平面海图的导航。

• plain使用方法
• plain详细辨析

英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• The plain truth is that she will never return.
  事实很明显,她永远不会回来了。

用作表语: S+be+～

• The meaning of the sentence is quite plain.
  这个句子的意思相当清楚。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• I will be plain with you and tell you the truth.
  我跟你开门见山地说实话。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It's plain to see you haven't done this before.
  显然你以前没做过这种事情。

It is/was+～+that-clause

• It's quite plain that you haven't been paying attention.
  你显然一直都没好好地留意。

用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～

• I hope I've made myself plain on this issue.
  我希望我已把这个问题说清楚了。

用作名词 (n.)

• Is the coastal plain good for growing crops?
  沿海的平原适合种庄稼吗?

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• plain cake 纯蛋糕
• plain chocolate 纯巧克力
• plain clothes man 便衣警察
• plain cover 普通信封
• plain drawing 素描

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (WITH NOTHING ADDED) not decorated in any way; with nothing added
• (CLEAR) obvious and clear to understand
• (COMPLETE) (used for emphasis) complete
• (NOT BEAUTIFUL) (especially of a woman or girl) not beautiful
• (LAND) a large area of flat land
• (STITCH) a type of simple stitch in knitting
• completely

柯林斯英英字典

• A plain object, surface, or fabric is entirely in one colour and has no pattern, design, or writing on it.
• Something that is plain is very simple in style.
• plainly
• If a fact, situation, or statement is plain, it is easy to recognize or understand.
• If you describe someone as plain, you think they look ordinary and not at all beautiful.
• flat or smooth level
• A plain is a large flat area of land with very few trees on it.
• (intensifier)
• &rarra dialect or poetic word for complain
• If a police officer is in plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
• plain sailing&rarrsee sailing

• plain剑桥字典
• plain柯林斯字典

专业释义

地球科学

• 平原

环境科学技术

• 平原

  Taihu Basin has about 14,541 km2 polders,which take up 51% of the land area in its land plain.
  太湖流域现有圩区总面积约14541平方公里，占流域平原陆域面积的51％。

  文学

• 质朴

  The words in their Ci have such overall characteristics as original singing with a feminine voice,bold and unrestrained as well as simple with plain language.
  歌妓词具有闺音原唱、奔放不羁、语言浅白质朴的总体特征。

• 朴素

  The wholeness mode of thinking is the general thinking method of Chinese classic works, and the plain thought of wholeness is proposed in the Classics of Changes and the Laozi.
  整体思维是中华元典普遍的运思方式，《易经》、《老子》中都提出了朴素的整体思想。

• 平易

  Generally speaking, compared with the hermit, Tao Yuanming is more real and plain. He is the same with the common people.
  总体来说,陶渊明与隐士们相比:他更真实,更平易近人,他跟普通人别无二致。

  艺术学

• 质朴

  The traditional patterns contain the most true and plain feeling of the Chinese nation.
  传统图案承载了中华民族最真切最质朴的情感。

• 朴实

  Generally speaking, the design of Diaoban books in the Song Dynasty reflects significant features of plain and simple.
  宋朝雕版书籍之设计一般而言体现出朴实之显著特色。

  交通运输工程

• 平原

  The roadbed in mid-west area has its own characteristic, which is different from that in the coastal plain area.
  与沿海平原地区广泛分布的软土不同,中西部地区的公路地基有其自身的特点。

  历史学

• 朴素

语言学

• 简明化

  Give a discussion on the old and new criticism on it, which is followed by the features of plain legal English.
  针对一些围绕简明英语所出现的新旧批评性理论进行探讨,进一步分析简明化的法律英语特点。

  体育

• (2～9点的)普通牌，小牌

纺织科学技术

• 平针
• 素色

医药科学

• 平

生物学

• 平原;简单的;无花纹的
• 不着色的