plain /pleɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( plainer, plains, plainest )

• 1. 

  ADJ A plain object, surface, or fabric is entirely in one colour and has no pattern, design, or writing on it. 纯色的

  例：

  In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.

  一般来讲，纯色的地毯使房间显得更大。

  例：

  He placed the paper in a plain envelope.

  他把论文放在一个空白信封里。

• 2. 

  ADJ Something that is plain is very simple in style. 朴素的

  例：

  It was a plain, grey stone house.

  这是一座简朴的灰色石头房子。

• 3. 

  plainly ADV 朴素地 [ADV -ed]

  例：

  He was very tall and plainly dressed.

  他个子很高，穿着朴素。

• 4. 

  ADJ If a fact, situation, or statement is plain, it is easy to recognize or understand. 清楚的

  例：

  It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown.

  我那时神经衰弱，他是清楚的。

• 5. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as plain, you think they look ordinary and not at all beautiful. 相貌平平的

  例：

  ...a shy, rather plain girl with a pale complexion.

  …一个害羞、相貌平平、脸色苍白的女孩。

• 6. 

  ADJ flat or smooth; level 平的; 平坦的

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A plain is a large flat area of land with very few trees on it. 平地

  例：

  Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.

  在这片平原上曾经生活着7000万头水牛。

• 8. 

  ADV (intensifier) (用以加强语气)显然; 非常

  例：

  just plain tired

• 9. 

  V → a dialect or poetic word for complain

• 10. 

  PHRASE If a police officer is in plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform. 穿便衣的

  例：

  Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.

  三名便衣军官叫我从车上下来。

• 11. 

  plain sailing →see sailing