| 单词 | in plain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin plain In quot. a1398 in plain: on a plane.extracted from plainn.1in (also at, on, unto) (a, the) plain ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] > straightforwardly or directly platc1375 in short and plainc1386 plaina1387 platlyc1390 in (also at, on, unto) (a, the) plainc1395 roundc1405 homelya1413 directly1509 roundly1528 point-blank1598 in good set termsa1616 broadly1624 crudely1638 plain downa1640 plumply1726 plumpa1734 squably1737 straightforward1809 unvarnishedly1824 pine-blank1834 blankly1846 squarely1860 straight out1874 straightforwardly1906 c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale E. 577 Of Grisildis wordes and hir cheere, He tolde hym poynt for poynt in short and playn. a1425 Shrewsbury Fragm. in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 6 (MED) I se hom sitt samyn in a playn. 1444 in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1861) I. 463 (MED) By..whiche..it may appere unto you more at plain. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 7 (MED) Þer of I schalle speke more in playn. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. E vj When ye se vnto the playne her at the last..Say, la douce amy la est a. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 36 Trewlie, maidin, in plane, Nane of thi sisteris did I heir ne se. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 264 Thay being all togidder sa conuenit, To yame in plane ye king schew quhat he menit. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 117 [He told] him in plaine, the case was altered. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 758 In plain then, what forbids he but to know, Forbids us good, forbids us to be wise? View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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