plains

英 [pleɪnz]

美 [pleɪnz]

n.  平原
plain的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 单色的；素色的；无花纹（或图案、字迹）的
  Aplainobject, surface, or fabric is entirely in one colour and has no pattern, design, or writing on it.
  1. In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger...
     一般来说，单色的地毯使房间显得更宽敞。
  2. He placed the paper in a plain envelope...
     他把论文装进一个空白信封里。
  3. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar.
     他穿一件素净的蓝色衬衫，领口敞着。
• ADJ-GRADED 朴素的；简朴的
  Something that isplainis very simple in style.
  1. Bronwen's dress was plain but it hung well on her...
     布朗温的长裙虽然朴素，却很合身。
  2. It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity.
     这是一幢简朴的灰石房子，主要以其天然简约的风格显得与众不同。
• See also:It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown...He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still.plain-spoken
• ADJ-GRADED （相貌）平常的，不好看的
  If you describe someone asplain, you think they look ordinary and not at all beautiful.
  1. ...a shy, rather plain girl with a pale complexion.
     肤色苍白、相貌平平的害羞女孩
• N-COUNT 平原；（几乎没有树木的）大片平地
  Aplainis a large flat area of land with very few trees on it.
  1. Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
     北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。
• ADV （用于形容词前加强语气）显然，完全地
  You can useplainbefore an adjective in order to emphasize it.
  1. The food was just plain terrible.
     这食物实在太难吃了。
  2. Plainis also used before a noun.
     
  3. Is it love of publicity or plain stupidity on her part?
     她是喜欢抛头露面，还是太过愚蠢了呢？
• ADJ （尤在与另一个更加不同寻常或让人印象深刻的名字比较时表示强调）普通的，平凡的
  You can useplainbefore a name to emphasize how simple and ordinary it is, especially when you are comparing it with another more unusual or impressive name.
  1. Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
     他们为什么不能像其他人一样，给你取个普普通通的安或艾丽斯的名字呢？
• PHRASE （警察）穿便衣的
  If a police officer isin plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  1. Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.
     3名便衣警察让我下车。
• plain sailing→ see:sailing

双语例句

• Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
  北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。
• Densely populated and cultivated coastal plains are found in the west and south.
  在西部和南部有人口密集和利于耕种的沿海平原。
• A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.
  一群大象缓慢而笨拙地穿过平原，朝水潭走去。
• Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico.
  北美西部到墨西哥北部干燥的高地地区和平原的有价值的草料草。
• The winds came from the north, across the plains, funnelling down the valley
  风从北方吹来，刮过平原，穿过山谷。
• The rising sun lit up the earth, the forest, and the plains.
  徐徐上升的朝阳照亮了大地、林和草原。
• Of the plains of central and Eastern africa.
  产于非洲中部和东部的草原。
• Such was the ancient world before the coming of the Aryans out of the northern forests and plains.
  这就是源自北部森林和平原的雅利安人到来之前的古代世界。
• I live on plains and deserts and in tropical rain forests and river valleys.
  我生活在草原、沙漠、热带雨林和河谷。
• Great Britain is in the northern part and the central and western mountains, southeast plains.
  大不列颠岛北部和中西部是山区，东南部为平原。