| 单词 | in words of one syllable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin words of one syllable c. Colloquial phrase in words of one syllable, in simple language. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] aefauldlyOE plainlyc1385 simply?c1400 nakedlya1535 simple1550 inornatelya1568 spruce?1605 dryly1635 chastely1815 unadornedly1820 inelaborately1846 in words of one syllable1922 1922 F. H. Burnett Head of House of Coombe xvii. 206 The French Revolution..—the cataclysms of agony—need not have been, but they were. To put it in words of one syllable. 1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 218 Let's talk in words of one syllable, without larding, stuffing or cant. 1966 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder makes Wheels go Round xxi. 166 ‘John,’ he said breathlessly, ‘would you please explain in words of one syllable.’ 1970 Guardian 9 Mar. 24/1 Why don't they tell us precisely, in words of one syllable, how they would behave if they were in our place? < as lemmas |
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