['plennɪs]
plainness如何读
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.
plainness 同义词
1 明白
manifestative axiomatical plain wise distinct manifest explicit marked tangible palpable confessed undisputed unambiguous unequivocal indisputable uncontested apodeictic undeceivable daylight explicitness tangibility palpability see know follow cotton clarify twig perceive seize acquaint irradiate catch on to cast light on throw light on see daylight get the picture
2 清晰明了
4 清楚
clear obvious plain distinct lucid unclouded pellucid perspicuous clearly distinctly plainly patently perceivably perspicuity defog clarify
5 简朴
simple clinical severe plain spare modest sparse Spartan unpretentious abstemious simply severely plainly modestly sparsely simplicity severity modesty sparseness starkness
6 相貌平平