Plain 音标拼音: [pl'en]
a . 明白的,平易的;朴素的,平常的;清晰的
n .
C 平原,旷野
明白的,平易的;朴素的,平常的;清晰的
C 平原,旷野
plain 明码
PLN plain 普通
plain adv 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 " [
synonym : {
obviously }, {
evidently }, {
manifestly },
{
patently }, {
apparently }, {
plainly }, {
plain }]
adj 1 :
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment ;
"
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 " [
synonym : {
apparent }, {
evident }, {
manifest },
{
patent }, {
plain }, {
unmistakable }]
2 :
not elaborate or elaborated ;
simple ; "
plain food "; "
stuck to the plain facts "; "
a plain blue suit "; "
a plain rectangular brick building " [
ant : {
fancy }]
3 :
lacking patterns especially in color [
synonym : {
plain },
{
unpatterned }] [
ant : {
patterned }]
4 :
not mixed with extraneous elements ; "
plain water "; "
sheer wine "; "
not an unmixed blessing " [
synonym : {
plain }, {
sheer },
{
unmingled }, {
unmixed }]
5 :
free from any effort to soften to disguise ; "
the plain and unvarnished truth "; "
the unvarnished candor of old people and children " [
synonym : {
plain }, {
unvarnished }]
6 :
lacking embellishment or ornamentation ; "
a plain hair style ";
"
unembellished white walls "; "
functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete " [
synonym : {
plain }, {
bare },
{
spare }, {
unembellished }, {
unornamented }]
7 :
lacking in physical beauty or proportion ; "
a homely child ";
"
several of the buildings were downright homely "; "
a plain girl with a freckled face " [
synonym : {
homely }, {
plain }]
n 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 " [
synonym : {
plain }, {
field }, {
champaign }]
2 :
a basic knitting stitch [
synonym : {
knit }, {
knit stitch }, {
plain },
{
plain stitch }]
v 1 :
express complaints ,
discontent ,
displeasure ,
or unhappiness ; "
My mother complains all day "; "
She has a lot to kick about " [
synonym : {
complain }, {
kick }, {
plain }, {
sound off }, {
quetch }, {
kvetch }] [
ant : {
cheer }, {
cheer up }, {
chirk up }]
Plain \
Plain \,
v .
t .
To lament ;
to mourn over ;
as ,
to plain a loss . [
Archaic &
Poetic ] --
Sir J .
Harrington .
[
1913 Webster ]
Plain \
Plain \,
a . [
Compar . {
Plainer };
superl . {
Plainest }.] [
F .,
level ,
flat ,
fr .
L .
planus ,
perhaps akin to E .
floor .
Cf .
{
Llano }, {
Piano }, {
Plan }, {
Plane }
level ,
a level surface .]
1 .
Without elevations or depressions ;
flat ;
level ;
smooth ;
even .
See {
Plane }.
[
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The crooked shall be made straight ,
and the rough places plain . --
Isa .
xl .
4 .
[
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2 .
Open ;
clear ;
unencumbered ;
equal ;
fair .
[
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Our troops beat an army in plain fight . --
Felton .
[
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3 .
Not intricate or difficult ;
evident ;
manifest ;
obvious ;
clear ;
unmistakable . "'
T is a plain case ." --
Shak .
[
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4 .
(
a )
Void of extraneous beauty or ornament ;
without conspicious embellishment ;
not rich ;
simple .
(
b )
Not highly cultivated ;
unsophisticated ;
free from show or pretension ;
simple ;
natural ;
homely ;
common . "
Plain yet pious Christians ." --
Hammond . "
The plain people ."
--
A .
Lincoln .
(
c )
Free from affectation or disguise ;
candid ;
sincere ;
artless ;
honest ;
frank . "
An honest mind ,
and plain ."
--
Shak .
(
d )
Not luxurious ;
not highly seasoned ;
simple ;
as ,
plain food .
(
e )
Without beauty ;
not handsome ;
homely ;
as ,
a plain woman .
(
f )
Not variegated ,
dyed ,
or figured ;
as ,
plain muslin .
(
g )
Not much varied by modulations ;
as ,
a plain tune .
[
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{
Plain battle },
open battle ;
pitched battle . [
Obs .]
--
Chaucer .
{
Plain chant } (
Mus .)
Same as {
Plain song },
below .
{
Plain chart } (
Naut .),
a chart laid down on Mercator '
s projection .
{
Plain dealer }.
(
a )
One who practices plain dealing .
(
b )
A simpleton . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
{
Plain dealing }.
See under {
Dealing }.
{
Plain molding } (
Join .),
molding of which the surfaces are plain figures .
{
Plain sewing },
sewing of seams by simple and common stitches ,
in distinct from fancy work ,
embroidery ,
etc .;
--
distinguished also from designing and fitting garments .
{
Plain song }.
(
a )
The Gregorian chant ,
or {
canto fermo };
the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service ,
sung in unison ,
in tones of equal length ,
and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave .
(
b )
A simple melody .
{
Plain speaking },
plainness or bluntness of speech .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Level ;
flat ;
smooth ;
open ;
artless ;
unaffected ;
undisguised ;
frank ;
sincere ;
honest ;
candid ;
ingenuous ;
unembellished ;
downright ;
blunt ;
clear ;
simple ;
distinct ;
manifest ;
obvious ;
apparent .
See {
Manifest }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Plain \
Plain \,
v .
i . [
OE .
playne ,
pleyne ,
fr .
F .
plaindre .
See {
Plaint }.]
To lament ;
to bewail ;
to complain . [
Archaic &
Poetic ]
--
Milton .
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We with piteous heart unto you pleyne . --
Chaucer .
[
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Plain \
Plain \,
adv .
In a plain manner ;
plainly . "
To speak short and pleyn ."
--
Chaucer . "
To tell you plain ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Plain \
Plain \,
n . [
Cf .
OF .
plaigne ,
F .
plaine .
See {
Plain },
a .]
1 .
Level land ;
usually ,
an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface ,
or a surface little varied by inequalities ;
as ,
the plain of Jordan ;
the American plains ,
or prairies .
[
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Descending fro the mountain into playn . --
Chaucer .
[
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Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain . --
Milton .
[
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2 .
A field of battle . [
Obs .] --
Arbuthnot .
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Lead forth my soldiers to the plain . --
Shak .
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Plain \
Plain \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Plained };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Plaining }.] [
Cf . {
Plane },
v .]
1 .
To plane or level ;
to make plain or even on the surface .
[
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
We would rake Europe rather ,
plain the East .
--
Wither .
[
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2 .
To make plain or manifest ;
to explain .
[
1913 Webster ]
What '
s dumb in show ,
I '
ll plain in speech . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
508 Moby Thesaurus words for "
plain ":
Attic ,
Bohemian ,
Ciceronian ,
Lebensraum ,
Mickey Mouse ,
Spartan ,
abrupt ,
absolute ,
absolutely ,
affable ,
agricultural region ,
air space ,
all -
embracing ,
all -
encompassing ,
all -
out ,
all -
pervading ,
apparent ,
arable land ,
articulate ,
artless ,
ascetic ,
audible ,
austere ,
back country ,
bald ,
bare ,
baseborn ,
basic ,
beautiless ,
below the salt ,
billiard table ,
black belt ,
blemished ,
blotted ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
born ,
born yesterday ,
bowling green ,
broad ,
broad -
based ,
brusque ,
cacophonic ,
cacophonous ,
campestral ,
campestrian ,
campo ,
candid ,
casual ,
champaign ,
chaste ,
cheerful ,
childlike ,
citrus belt ,
classic ,
classical ,
clean ,
clean -
cut ,
clear ,
clear as crystal ,
clear as day ,
clear space ,
clear -
cut ,
clearance ,
clearing ,
cockney ,
coherent ,
colorless ,
comfortable ,
common ,
commonplace ,
comprehensive ,
confiding ,
congenital ,
connected ,
consistent ,
conspicuous ,
consummate ,
contrastive ,
cordial ,
corn belt ,
cotton belt ,
countryside ,
cozy ,
crisp ,
crystal -
clear ,
crystalline ,
cushy ,
dead flat ,
dead level ,
deep -
dyed ,
defaced ,
defined ,
definite ,
degage ,
desert ,
direct ,
discernible ,
discreet ,
disfigured ,
distant prospect ,
distinct ,
distinctive ,
down ,
downright ,
drab ,
dry ,
dull ,
dust bowl ,
dyed -
in -
the -
wool ,
dysphemistic ,
dysphemized ,
earth ,
easy ,
easy as pie ,
easygoing ,
effortless ,
egregious ,
elegant ,
elementary ,
empty view ,
esplanade ,
essential ,
even ,
everyday ,
evident ,
exhaustive ,
explicit ,
express ,
facile ,
familiar ,
farm belt ,
farm country ,
farmland ,
featureless ,
finished ,
flat ,
flatland ,
flattened ,
floor ,
flush ,
folksy ,
forthright ,
frank ,
frankhearted ,
free ,
free and easy ,
free -
speaking ,
free -
spoken ,
free -
tongued ,
friendly ,
fruit belt ,
fundamental ,
garden ,
garden -
variety ,
genuine ,
glade ,
glaring ,
glib ,
graceful ,
gracile ,
gracious ,
graphic ,
grass roots ,
grassland ,
grazing region ,
ground ,
guileless ,
haymish ,
hearable ,
heart -
to -
heart ,
heath ,
hi -
fi ,
high -
fidelity ,
highlands ,
homaloid ,
homaloidal ,
homelike ,
homely ,
homespun ,
homey ,
homish ,
homogeneous ,
honest ,
horizontal ,
horizontal axis ,
horizontal fault ,
horizontal line ,
horizontal parallax ,
horizontal plane ,
horizontal projection ,
household ,
humble ,
humble -
looking ,
humble -
visaged ,
humblest ,
humdrum ,
ill -
favored ,
in focus ,
indisputable ,
indivisible ,
indubitable ,
inelegant ,
informal ,
ingenu ,
ingenuous ,
inglorious ,
innocent ,
innocuous ,
insipid ,
intelligible ,
intensive ,
intimate ,
irreducible ,
irregular ,
irretrievably ,
irrevocably ,
lean ,
least ,
ledge ,
legible ,
level ,
level line ,
level plane ,
light ,
limpid ,
living space ,
llano ,
loose ,
loud and clear ,
low ,
lowborn ,
lowbred ,
lowest ,
lowlands ,
lowliest ,
lowly ,
lucid ,
luminous ,
manifest ,
marred ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
mead ,
meadows and pastures ,
mean ,
mean sea level ,
mere ,
modest ,
monolithic ,
moor ,
moorland ,
moors ,
mundane ,
muted ,
naive ,
natural ,
neat ,
nonclerical ,
nondescript ,
nothing to it ,
noticeable ,
observable ,
obvious ,
of a piece ,
offhand ,
offhanded ,
omnibus ,
omnipresent ,
open ,
open country ,
open space ,
open -
and -
shut ,
openhearted ,
ordinary ,
out -
and -
out ,
outback ,
outright ,
outspoken ,
painless ,
palpable ,
pampas ,
parterre ,
pasture ,
patent ,
peaceful ,
pedestrian ,
pellucid ,
perceivable ,
perceptible ,
perfect ,
perfectly ,
perspicuous ,
pervasive ,
plain as day ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
plains ,
plane ,
plateau ,
platform ,
plebeian ,
plumb ,
poetryless ,
polished ,
poor ,
prairie ,
prairies ,
primal ,
primary ,
prominent ,
pronounced ,
prosaic ,
prose ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
province ,
provinces ,
pure ,
pure and simple ,
quite ,
radical ,
refined ,
regular ,
relaxed ,
restrained ,
right ,
rolled ,
round ,
rude ,
rural district ,
rustic ,
rustic region ,
savanna ,
sea level ,
sea of grass ,
seeable ,
self -
evident ,
self -
explaining ,
self -
explanatory ,
severe ,
shabby -
genteel ,
sheer ,
short ,
short on looks ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
simple as ABC ,
simple -
speaking ,
simplehearted ,
simpleminded ,
sincere ,
single ,
single -
hearted ,
single -
minded ,
small ,
smooth ,
smoothed out ,
smoothened ,
snug ,
sober ,
sociable ,
soft ,
spare ,
spartan ,
spoiled ,
squashed ,
squashed flat ,
staring ,
stark ,
steppe ,
steppes ,
straight ,
straight -
out ,
straightforward ,
sweeping ,
table ,
tabloid ,
tabular ,
tangible ,
tasteful ,
teachable ,
terrace ,
terrain ,
territory ,
terse ,
the country ,
the soil ,
the sticks ,
third -
estate ,
thorough ,
thoroughgoing ,
through -
and -
through ,
tiresome ,
to be seen ,
tobacco belt ,
total ,
translucent ,
transparent ,
transpicuous ,
trim ,
trodden ,
trodden flat ,
trustful ,
trusting ,
tundra ,
ubiquitous ,
uglified ,
ugly ,
ugly as hell ,
ugly as sin ,
unadorned ,
unadulterated ,
unaesthetic ,
unaffected ,
unalluring ,
unambiguous ,
unassuming ,
unattractive ,
unbeauteous ,
unbeautiful ,
unburdensome ,
unceremonious ,
unchecked ,
uncluttered ,
uncomely ,
uncomplicated ,
unconcealed ,
unconditional ,
unconfused ,
unconstrained ,
unconventional ,
undecorated ,
understandable ,
undifferenced ,
undifferentiated ,
undiluted ,
undisguised ,
undissembled ,
undissembling ,
undistinguished ,
unelaborate ,
unembellished ,
unenhanced ,
unequivocal ,
unfeigned ,
ungarnished ,
ungenteel ,
unguarded ,
unhandsome ,
unidealistic ,
uniform ,
unimaginative ,
unimpassioned ,
unimportant ,
universal ,
univocal ,
unlabored ,
unlovely ,
unluxurious ,
unmistakable ,
unmitigated ,
unmixed ,
unofficial ,
unornamented ,
unostentatious ,
unpleasing ,
unpoetic ,
unpoetical ,
unpretending ,
unpretentious ,
unpretty ,
unqualified ,
unrelievedly ,
unremarkable ,
unreserved ,
unrestrained ,
unrestricted ,
unromantic ,
unsightly ,
unsophisticated ,
unstudied ,
unsuspicious ,
unvarnished ,
unwary ,
uplands ,
utter ,
vapid ,
veld ,
veldt ,
veritable ,
visible ,
vivid ,
vulgar ,
water level ,
well -
defined ,
well -
marked ,
well -
pronounced ,
well -
resolved ,
wheat belt ,
wholesale ,
wide -
open spaces ,
wilderness ,
wold ,
woodland ,
woods and fields ,
workaday ,
workday ,
yokeldom Programming LAnguage for INteraction .
Pascal -
like ,
with
extensions for database ,
string handling ,
exceptions and
pattern matching . "
Revised Report on the Programming Language
PLAIN ",
A .
Wasserman ,
SIGPLAN Notices 6 (
5 ):
59 -
80 (
May 1981 ).
Plain (
1 .)
Heb . '
abel (
Judg .
11 :
33 ),
a "
grassy plain "
or "
meadow ."
Instead of "
plains of the vineyards ,"
as in the Authorized Version ,
the Revised Version has "
Abel -
cheramim " (
q .
v .),
comp .
Judg .
11 :
22 ;
2 Chr .
16 :
4 .
(
2 .)
Heb . '
elon (
Gen .
12 :
6 ;
13 :
18 ;
14 :
13 ;
18 :
1 ;
Deut .
11 :
30 ;
Judg .
9 :
6 ),
more correctly "
oak ,"
as in the Revised Version ;
margin , "
terebinth ."
(
3 .)
Heb .
bik '
ah (
Gen .
11 :
2 ;
Neh .
6 :
2 ;
Ezek .
3 :
23 ;
Dan .
3 :
1 ),
properly a valley ,
as rendered in Isa .
40 :
4 ,
a broad plain between mountains .
In Amos 1 :
5 the margin of Authorized Version has "
Bikathaven ."
(
4 .)
Heb .
kikar , "
the circle ,"
used only of the Ghor ,
or the low ground along the Jordan (
Gen .
13 :
10 -
12 ;
19 :
17 ,
25 ,
28 ,
29 ;
Deut .
34 :
3 ;
2 Sam .
18 :
23 ;
1 Kings 7 :
46 ;
2 Chr .
4 :
17 ;
Neh .
3 :
22 ;
12 :
28 ),
the floor of the valley through which it flows .
This name is applied to the Jordan valley as far north as Succoth .
(
5 .)
Heb .
mishor , "
level ground ,"
smooth ,
grassy table -
land (
Deut .
3 :
10 ;
4 :
43 ;
Josh .
13 :
9 ,
16 ,
17 ,
21 ;
20 :
8 ;
Jer .
48 :
21 ),
an expanse of rolling downs without rock or stone .
In these passages ,
with the article prefixed ,
it denotes the plain in the tribe of Reuben .
In 2 Chr .
26 :
10 the plain of Judah is meant .
Jerusalem is called "
the rock of the plain "
in Jer .
21 :
13 ,
because the hills on which it is built rise high above the plain .
(
6 .)
Heb . '
arabah ,
the valley from the Sea of Galilee southward to the Dead Sea (
the "
sea of the plain ,"
2 Kings 14 :
25 ;
Deut .
1 :
1 ;
2 :
8 ),
a distance of about 70 miles .
It is called by the modern Arabs the Ghor .
This Hebrew name is found in Authorized Version (
Josh .
18 :
18 ),
and is uniformly used in the Revised Version .
Down through the centre of this plain is a ravine ,
from 200 to 300 yards wide ,
and from 50 to 100 feet deep ,
through which the Jordan flows in a winding course .
This ravine is called the "
lower plain ."
The name Arabah is also applied to the whole Jordan valley from Mount Hermon to the eastern branch of the Red Sea ,
a distance of about 200 miles ,
as well as to that portion of the valley which stretches from the Sea of Galilee to the same branch of the Red Sea ,
i .
e .,
to the Gulf of Akabah about 100 miles in all .
(
7 .)
Heb .
shephelah , "
low ground ," "
low hill -
land ,"
rendered "
vale "
or "
valley "
in Authorized Version (
Josh .
9 :
1 ;
10 :
40 ;
11 :
2 ;
12 :
8 ;
Judg .
1 :
9 ;
1 Kings 10 :
27 ).
In Authorized Version (
1 Chr .
27 :
28 ;
2 Chr .
26 :
10 )
it is also rendered "
low country ."
In Jer .
17 :
26 ,
Obad .
1 :
19 ,
Zech .
7 :
7 , "
plain ."
The Revised Version renders it uniformly "
low land ."
When it is preceded by the article ,
as in Deut .
1 :
7 ,
Josh .
11 :
16 ;
15 :
33 ,
Jer .
32 :
44 ;
33 :
13 ,
Zech .
7 :
7 , "
the shephelah ,"
it denotes the plain along the Mediterranean from Joppa to Gaza , "
the plain of the Philistines ." (
See {
VALLEY }.)
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