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  • adj. 简单的;清楚的 n. 平原
  • [英] adj. 简单的 ( simple) ; 清楚的 ( clear) ; n. 平原 ( a large stretch of flat land)
  • [例] She made her annoyance plain.

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I. intransitive verb

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pleindre, plaindre, from Latin plangere to lament — more at plaint
  • Date: 14th century
  • archaic complain

II. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin planum, from neuter of planus flat, plain — more at floor
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1.
    • a. an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country
    • b. a broad unbroken expanse
  • 2. something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter

III. adjective

  • Date: 14th century
  • 1. archaic even, level
  • 2. lacking ornament ; undecorated
  • 3. free of extraneous matter ; pure
  • 4. free of impediments to view ; unobstructed
  • 5.
    • a.
      • (1) evident to the mind or senses ; obvious <it's perfectly plain that they will resist>
      • (2) clear <let me make my meaning plain>
    • b. marked by outspoken candor ; free from duplicity or subtlety ; blunt <plain talk>
  • 6.
    • a. belonging to the masses ; common
    • b. lacking special distinction or affectation ; ordinary
  • 7. characterized by simplicity ; not complicated <plain home-cooked meals>
  • 8. lacking beauty or ugliness
  • Synonyms: see common, evident, frank
  • ? plainly adverb
  • ? plainness noun

IV. adverb

  • Date: 14th century
  • in a plain manner ; without obscurity or ambiguity <saw them clearly and told you plain — American Documentation>

V. adverb

  • Etymology: partly from Middle English plein entire, complete, from Anglo-French, full, from Latin plenus; partly from [sup]4[/sup]plain — more at full
  • Date: 1535
  • absolutely 1 <it plain galled me to pay fancy prices — F. R. Buckley>


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