plainness如何读

['plennɪs]

plainness是什么意思

  • n.平坦;明白;率直;(相貌)平凡

plainness词根

词根:plain

adj.

plain 平的;简单的;朴素的;清晰的

adv.

plain 清楚地;平易地

plainly 明白地;坦率地;平坦地;朴素地

n.

plain 平原;无格式;朴实无华的东西

plainness英英释义

adjective

lacking ornament : undecorated

free of extraneous matter : pure

free of impediments to view : unobstructed

evident to the mind or senses : obvious

it's perfectly plain that they will resist

marked by outspoken candor : free from duplicity or subtlety : blunt

plain talk

belonging to the masses : common

lacking special distinction or affectation : ordinary

characterized by simplicity : not complicated

plain home-cooked meals

lacking beauty or ugliness

archaic even, level

noun

an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country

a broad unbroken expanse

something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter

adverb (1)

in a plain manner : without obscurity or ambiguity

saw them clearly and told you plain—Amer. Documentation

adverb (2)

absolutely sense 1a

plain wrong

verb

intransitive verb

complain

plainness词源中文解释

约于1300年, plainnes,“平坦,平地,平面”; 14世纪后期,“平滑,均匀”,源自 plain(形容词)和 -ness。15世纪中期开始表示“清晰,明朗”; 1540年代开始表示“开放的行为”; 1580年代开始表示“没有装饰”。

plainness词源英文解释

Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin planum, from neuter of planus flat, plain — more at floor Adverb (2) partly from Middle English plein entire, complete, from Anglo-French, full, from Latin plenus; partly from plain >entry 3 — more at full Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French pleindre, plaindre, from Latin plangere to lament — more at plaint

The first known use of plain was in the 14th century

plainness儿童词典英英释义

plaintiveadjective

showing or expressing sorrow : mournful, sad

a plaintive sigh

plaintiveadjective

showing or expressing sorrow : mournful, sad

a plaintive sigh

plaintiffnoun

the complaining party in a lawsuit

plaintnoun

a crying out : wail

protest entry 1, complaint

plainspokenadjective

speaking or spoken frankly

plainsongnoun

a chant of worship sung in various Christian ceremonies

plainsmannoun

a person who lives on the plains

Plainsadjective

of or relating to Indigenous people of the Great Plains or to their culture

plain1 of 4noun

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country

plain2 of 4adjective

having no pattern or decoration

her dress was plain

free of added or extra matter : pure

a glass of plain water

open and clear to the sight

in plain view

clear to the mind

your meaning was plain

frank, blunt

plain speaking

of common or average accomplishments or position : ordinary

plain people

not complicated or hard to do

plain sewing

neither ugly nor beautiful

plain3 of 4adverb

in a plain or simple manner

plain4 of 4adverb

to a complete degree : totally

were plain overcome by all the problems

plainness 例句

1 the first settlers in that area lived on the vast plains in lonely log cabins

2 There is also an intriguing display of his ceramics, which range from a startling, if Art Nouveau-ish, klunkiness to a distinctly modern plainness, along with some pieces by Jean-Joseph Carriès, his friend and ceramics mentor.

3 This quieter tone is sustained to the end, where the last wishes are simple, declared with exemplary plainness.

4 a piece of plain chicken

5 The room's style exemplifies his ideal of beauty and plainness.

这房间的风格说明了他对美与质朴的憧憬.

6 There’s obviously a Weber quality of beguilement in the pictures, but there is also plainness and honesty.

7 The great virtue of his style is its light-handed plainness.

8 But it is “anger spittoon” that best captures the paradoxical plainness and poetry, utility and sophistication of what Ms. Harris has created here.

9 Becky thinks, “Love songs were written to sugarcoat life’s plainness, to exaggerate the pain of living with or without love, and they were meant to be sung only by ordinary people.”

10 These became popular despite – or maybe because of – their utter plainness.

11 “Don’t it beat all how a man that good-lookin’ would marry a wife that plain?” said one of the farm women, who’d have known a thing or two about plainness.

12 I love the plainness of an ivory crepe tunic blouse with a pair of flared denim trousers in an indigo shade.

13 Traditional Xi'an snacks blend both delicacy and plainness.

西安 小吃既融合传统美食和朴素.

14 No doubt he's helped by the plainness of much of Coriolanus's language, which means there is less precious material that can't be cut.

15 The Afghan Hound is an aristocrat, his whole appearance one of dignity and aloofness with no trace of plainness or coarseness.

阿富汗猎犬属于贵族犬,整体感觉是高贵而孤傲,没有一丝平凡或粗陋的迹象。

16 It benefited from division into three vocal groups, distantly placed, which helped make a lot from its essential, wearying plainness.

17 By itself, the slant board can be seen as an art object, its utilitarian plainness and wooden smoothness offering sculptural form, its ropes inviting experiment.

18 There's something of a demo-disc plainness about this album, and another melody instrument would help occasionally, but it's a very promising introduction.

19 In its plainness and honest depiction of ordinary lives, it’s the painting that most nearly resembles his fiction.

20 The Wharton piece, originally published in the New Yorker, should have been revised — the relationship between her alleged plainness and the question of sympathy in her books is, frankly, ill-developed.

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plain clothes (as) plain as the nose on your face plain weave in plain view plain-vanilla plain-woven plain-laid in plain sight make it plain plain Jane

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