plains

英 [pleɪnz] 美 [pleɪnz]

n.  平原
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  1. ADJ 单色的；素色的；无花纹（或图案、字迹）的
    A plain object, 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。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 朴素的；简朴的
    Something that is plain is 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。
  3. 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
  4. ADJ-GRADED （相貌）平常的，不好看的
    If you describe someone as plain, 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
  5. N-COUNT 平原；（几乎没有树木的）大片平地
    A plain is 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。
  6. ADV （用于形容词前加强语气）显然，完全地
    You can use plain before an adjective in order to emphasize it.
    1. The food was just plain terrible.
      这食物实在太难吃了。
    2. Plain is 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？
  7. 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 use plain before 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？
  8. PHRASE （警察）穿便衣的
    If a police officer is in 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。
  9. plain sailing → see: sailing
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双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
    北美大平原上曾有过7,000万头野牛。
  4. The central plains were occupied by the enemy.
    中原覆没。
  5. Weather stations are scattered all over the vast plains and the mountain regions.
    气象站分布在广阔的平原和山区。
  6. Afghanistan is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest.
    阿富汗是个多山的国家，北部和西南部有平原。
  7. 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。
  8. These mountains and plains are a cradle and a stepping-stone.
    这群山和平原是摇篮，是溪中垫脚的石头。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. Rocks and soils, as well as mountains, valleys and plains, differ greatly from place to place.
    岩石和土壤，以及山、谷和平原，各地差别很大。
  12. In thy light, plains, mountains and seas.
    高山、大海和平川。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. The stations distribute are distributed over plains and mountainous regions.
    这个车站分布在平原和山区。
  16. East: the East is mostly plains and hills.
    东部：中国东部为平原和丘陵。
  17. They roam over the hills and plains.
    他们游遍山丘和平原。
  18. Of the plains of central and Eastern africa.
    产于非洲中部和东部的草原。
  19. The Xiongnu people and central plains people together create the magnificent history and culture of our great country.
    中华文化多元一统。匈奴人民与中原人民共同创造了伟大祖国的光辉历史和灿烂文明。
  20. It eats dry grass and bushes and it lives in deserts and plains in North Africa and Asia.
    它吃干草和灌木，它生活在北非和亚洲的沙漠和草原。
  21. After a long-term development, Henan province has the capacity of building the Central Plains Economic Zone.
    河南经过长期的发展，具备了建设中原经济区的能力。
  22. There are more than one thousand kinds of bamboo which grow around the world on both mountains and plains.
    有超过千种竹子生长在世界各地对山区和平原。
  23. They spread south and colonised the plains of africa.
    他们向南方迁移，在非洲平原开拓了殖民地。
  24. They turned the hills into orchards and plains into granaries.
    他们把山坡变成了果园，把平地变成了粮仓。
  25. 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。
  26. With the party and the Shule River alluvial fan alluvial plain, this constitutes a land-locked plains Dunhuang.
    党河冲积扇带和疏勒河冲积平原，构成了敦煌这片内陆平原。
  27. Most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States.
    分布最广泛的更格卢鼠；美国中部和西部的平原和山区。
  28. Its culture is a blending of Central Plains culture, local culture and overseas culture.
    闽南文化糅合了中原文化、本土文化和海外文化。
  29. The graceful gazelles live on open plains in Africa and Asia.
    优雅的瞪羚羊生活在非洲和亚洲的开阔的平原上。
  30. But a profound spiritual frenzy swept across the plains and hills of western Asia.
    但是这是一个深远的横扫西亚平原和山区的思想狂暴运动。
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