plain [ pleinz ]

• n.
  • extensive tract of level open land

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

    同义词： field champaign

  • a basic knitting stitch

    同义词： knit knit stitch plain stitch

• v. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

  "My mother complains all day"

  同义词： complain kick sound off quetch kvetch

• adj.
  • clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

    "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

    同义词： apparent evident manifest patent unmistakable

  • not elaborate or elaborated; simple

    "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

  • lacking patterns especially in color

    同义词： unpatterned

  • not mixed with extraneous elements

    "plain water"

    同义词： sheer unmingled unmixed

  • free from any effort to soften to disguise

    "the plain and unvarnished truth"

    同义词： unvarnished

  • lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    "a plain hair style"

    同义词： bare spare unembellished unornamented

  • lacking in physical beauty or proportion

    "a plain girl with a freckled face"

    同义词： homely

• adv. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

  "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"

  同义词： obviously evidently manifestly patently apparently plainly

以上来源于: WordNet