plains是什么意思？

plains

英[pleɪns] 美[pleɪns]

• n. 平原( plain的名词复数 )，平地，[纺织业]平针，朴实无华的东西；

例句

• Animals range over the hills and plains. 动物在山丘和平原上出没。
• It eats and lives in the dry grass plains in Australia. 它是食草动物,生活在澳大利亚的干草平原.
• Feng Yongfeng : Please release pikas for the sake of large grass plains! 冯永锋: 为了大草原,请放过鼠兔吧!
• Upsurged on Central Plains earth at present an upsurge that raise rabbit. 目前在中原大地上涌起了一股养兔热潮.
• The plains of North America are colonized by rodents. 北美大平原生长着许多啮齿动物.
• Mountain land, hills, plateaus, plains, criss crossing the water network division. 陆上山地 、 丘陵 、 台地 、 平原, 为纵横交错的水网分划.
• Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! 它们的当啷声将在波士顿平原上响起!
• Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! 我们的枷锁已经铸成, 锒 铛的镣铐声在波士顿的平原上可清晰听闻!
• There are plains of hard sands and plateaus with dried - up watercourses, the there are mountain ranges. 这里有平坦的戈壁滩,有水道干涸了的高原, 还有连绵不断的山岭.
• The river Tiber was no longer a foaming torrent overflowing the plains. 台伯河已不再是漫溢平原的泛起泡沫的急流.

英语六级真题

We can tear apart the great grass cover of the western plains and pour toxic chemicals into the soil until the soil is dead and blows away in the wind.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。 He placed the paper in a plain envelope... 他把论文装进一个空白信封里。
• ADJ-GRADED
  朴素的；简朴的
  Something that is plain is very simple in style.
  例句
  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。 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。
• ADJ-GRADED
  明显的；明白的；清楚的
  If a fact, situation, or statement is plain, it is easy to recognize or understand.
  例句
  It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown... 他能明显地看出我快要精神崩溃了。 He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still. 他明确表示自己热爱这项运动，并仍想参与其中。
• 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.
  例句
  ...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
  A plain is a large flat area of land with very few trees on it.
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  The food was just plain terrible. 这食物实在太难吃了。
• 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.
  例句
  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 is in plain clothes, he or she is wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  例句
  Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car. 3名便衣警察让我下车。