plain
US: /ˈpɫeɪn/
UK: /plˈeɪn/
UK: /plˈeɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
plain /plein/
- danh từ
- đồng bằng
- đồng bằng
- tính từ
- rõ ràng, rõ rệt
- [as] plain as a pikestaff; as plain as daylight: rõ rành rành, rõ như ban ngày
- to make something plain to someone: làm cho ai hiểu rõ điều gì
- đơn giản, dễ hiểu
- plain words: lời lẽ đơn giản dễ hiểu
- plain style: văn giản dị
- không viết bằng mật mã (điện tín...)
- giản dị, thường; đơn sơ
- plain food: thức ăn giản dị (thường)
- a plain cook: một người đầu bếp thường (chỉ làm được những bữa ăn thường)
- plain living and high thingking: cuộc sống thanh bạch nhưng cao thượng
- plain furniture: bàn ghế đơn sơ giản dị
- mộc mạc, chất phác, ngay thẳng; thẳng thắn
- a plain man: một người mộc mạc chất phác
- to be plain in one's criticism: thẳng thắn trong cách phê bình
- plain answer: câu trả lời thẳng thắn
- trơn, một màu
- a dress of plain material: một ái dài bằng vải trơn
- xấu, thô (cô gái...)
- rõ ràng, rõ rệt
- phó từ
- rõ ràng
- to speak (write) plain: nói (viết) rõ ràng
- rõ ràng
- nội động từ
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ), (thơ ca) than khóc, than van
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun, adverb
+ adjective (plainer, plainest)
1 easy to see or understand: He made it plain that we should leave. + She made her annoyance plain. + The facts were plain to see.
2 not trying to trick anyone; honest and direct: The plain fact is that nobody really knows. + a politician with a reputation for plain speaking + (especially AmE) a plain, straightforward sort of man
3 not decorated or complicated; simple: a plain but elegant dress + plain food / cooking + The interior of the church was plain and simple. + plain yogurt (= without sugar or fruit)
Compare: FANCY
4 without marks or a pattern on it: covers in plain or printed cotton + Write on plain paper (= without lines).
5 [only before noun] used to emphasize that sth is very ordinary, not special in any way: You don't need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense.
6 (especially of a woman) not beautiful or attractive
plainness noun [U]
Idioms: be plain sailing (AmE also clear sailing) to be simple and free from trouble
in plain English simply and clearly expressed, without using technical language: a document written in plain English + If you could put it in plain English I might be able to understand.
(as) plain as a pikestaff
(as) plain as day
(as) plain as the nose on your face very obvious
+ noun (also plains [pl.]) a large area of flat land: the flat coastal plain of Thassos + the Great Plains
+ adverb (informal) used to emphasize how bad, stupid, etc. sth is: plain stupid / wrong
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 flat, smooth, even, featureless, level, plane:
I'd rather have a paper with a plain surface, not an embossed one, for the bedroom walls
2 clear, evident, simple, distinct, crystal clear, lucid, vivid, transparent, apparent, obvious, patent, self-evident, manifest, distinct, unmistakable or unmistakeable, unequivocal, unambiguous, understandable, intelligible, graphic, direct, in black and white:
His intentions regarding my daughter are plain enough. The plain fact is that she despises him
3 open, honest, straightforward, forthright, direct, frank, candid, blunt, outspoken, ingenuous, sincere, guileless, artless, unreserved:
I want to see some plain talk between the two of us.
4 simple, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, basic, austere, stark, unostentatious, colourless, drab, bare, unvarnished, Spartan:
Don't you find the average business suit a very plain affair?
5 homely, unattractive, ordinary-looking, unlovely, ugly:
Who would believe that such a plain child could become such a beautiful woman?
n.
6 prairie, grassland, pasture, meadow-land, veld or veldt, pampas, campo, llano, savannah or savanna, steppe, tundra, champaign or campagna; heath; moor, moorland; plateau, flatland; down, downland, Literary wold, Archaic or literary mead:
The plain stretched out before us as far as the eye could see.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
open
The horses galloped across the open plains.
| rolling, sweeping
miles of rolling plain, made fertile by the river
| great, unbroken, vast | flat | fertile
fertile plains suitable for farming
| grassy | coastal
PREP.
across a/the ~
Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.
| in a/the ~
the Olduvai Gorge in the vast plain of Tanzania
| on a/the ~
Nothing grew on the plain.
1 simple/not decorated
VERBS
be, look, seem
ADV.
extremely, very | absolutely, completely
The dress was absolutely plain, but quite stunning.
| fairly, quite, rather
The food was fairly plain, but well cooked.
PHRASES
plain blue, white, etc.
a plain white shirt
2 not beautiful
VERBS
be, look
ADV.
extremely, very
She looked very plain and dowdy.
| rather
a rather plain woman
3 clear
VERBS
be, seem | become | make sth
They made it plain that they were against the idea.
ADV.
very | absolutely, perfectly, quite
Within weeks, it became perfectly plain that we were in the grip of a tyrant.
| increasingly | fairly, pretty, reasonably
PREP.
to
It is all quite plain to me.
Concise English dictionary
plains|plainer|plainestpleɪn
noun
+extensive tract of level open land
+a basic knitting stitch
verb
+express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
adj.
+clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
+not elaborate or elaborated; simple
+lacking patterns especially in color
+not mixed with extraneous elements
+free from any effort to soften to disguise
+lacking embellishment or ornamentation
+lacking in physical beauty or proportion
adv.
+unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
