单词 | plain language |
释义 | > as lemmasplain language plain language n. (a) speech or writing that is direct, straightforward, unostentatious, or easily understood; (occasionally also, esp. with intensifier) coarse or vulgar language; (b) the manner of speech formerly traditional among members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (now rare); (c) = plain text n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > plain or straightforward language plain Englisha1438 plain languagec1450 yeomanryc1500 plain (later also downright) Dunstable1578 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > unencoded language plain text1918 plain language1929 c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 450 It shulde be translatyd ffrom Arabyk to moor Pleyn language, ffor latyn is moore pleyn and moor dylatyd. a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fff2 Take heed Of bo-peep with your pate, your pate sir, I speak plain language now. 1694 W. Penn Pref. in G. Fox Jrnl. (1852) I. 14 They also used the plain language of Thou and Thee. 1781 M. P. Andrews Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern iii. 61 Why then, in plain language, young Sir, I was got into Madam Cecil's apartment, and the Baron came in suddenly, and caught me in the very fact. 1890 C. E. Stephen Quaker Strongholds 149 The ‘plain language’ best known as the use of thee and thou for you in speaking to one person, and of first, second, &c. for the days of the week and the months. 1929 Radiotelegraph Convent. & Gen. Regulations (Internat. Radiotelegraph Conf. 1927) 21 Correct transmission and correct reception by ear of code groups..at a speed of 20 (twenty) groups per minute, and of text in native plain language, at a speed of 25 (twenty-five) words per minute. 1973 H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher 221 Our convoys had firm orders to disregard plain-language traffic. 1994 Magnet May 50/2 With its intimate voice and plain language, Bukowski's poetry challenged established notions of what poetry could be. < as lemmas |
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