plain是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not decorated in any way; with nothing added -- 樸素的；不加修飾的；簡單的

  • She wore a plain black dress. 她穿著一件樸素的黑色連身裙。

  • We've chosen a plain carpet (= one without a pattern) and patterned curtains. 我們挑了一張沒有圖案的地毯和帶圖案的窗簾。

  • He prefers plain food - nothing too fancy. 他喜歡清淡簡單的食物——不喜歡太講究的。

  • We're having plain blue walls in the dining room. 我們客廳裡的牆壁要純藍色的。

  • a catalogue sent in a plain brown envelope 用純褐色信封寄出的目錄

  • a plain style of architecture 簡樸的建築風格

  • plain yogurt (= with no added fruit or sugar) 原味酸乳酪

  • a letter written on plain paper 用白紙寫的一封信

• 1 obvious and clear to understand -- 清楚的，明顯的

  • It's quite plain that they don't want to speak to us. 很明顯，他們不想和我們說話。

  • The reason is perfectly plain. 原因很清楚。

  • I made it quite plain (that) (= explained clearly that) I wasn't interested. 我直截了當地表示我不感興趣。

• 2 (used for emphasis) complete -- （表示強調）完全的

  • It was plain stupidity on Richard's part. 理查愚蠢至極。

• 3 (especially of a woman or girl) not beautiful -- （尤指女性）相貌平平的，不好看的

  • She had been a very plain child. 她小時候並不是個漂亮的孩子。

  • If she'd been a plain Jane, she wouldn't have had all the attention. 假使她像平凡的珍妮，她就不會成為大眾的焦點。

• 4 a large area of flat land -- 平原

  • the coastal plain 海邊的平原

  • High mountains rise above the plain. 高山從平原拔地而起。

• 5 a type of simple stitch in knitting -- 平針

  • a row of plain and two rows of purl 一排平針兩排反針

• 6 completely -- 完全地，簡直

  • I mean, taking the wrong equipment with you - that's just plain stupid. 我的意思是，你拿錯儀器簡直是愚蠢透頂。