| 单词 | country-plain |
| 释义 | > as lemmascountry-plain country-plain adj. now rare (of a person) having the simple manner of a person from the country; unpretentious, straightforward, unsophisticated. ΚΠ 1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. Fv Good sir you are deceau'd in me, Ime country plain Without this nicetie. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie v. vii. 245 I am Countrey-plaine, and still short. 1642 D. Rogers Matrimoniall Honovr iii. 68 Why should a countrey plaine man, affect the neatnesse of a nice Citizen? 1756 W. Guthrie tr. Quintilian Inst. Eloquence I. v. x. 355 The Fables, likewise, that go under Esop's name.., entertain and amuse the Mind, especially of Country, plain, People. 1996 L. Howard Shades of Twilight 88 Booley was a country-plain, unsophisticated good old boy, but he'd been in law enforcement for a long time. < as lemmas |
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