英语词汇“plane”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

plane

释义

plane¹/playn/ noun

in mathematics, a surface on which any two included points can be joined by a straight line lying wholly within the surface

a flat or level physical surface

a level of existence, consciousness, or development

on the intellectual plane

informal an aeroplane

any of the main supporting surfaces of an aeroplane

[Latin planum a level surface, from planus flat, level]

plane²adj

having no elevations or depressions; flat

of or dealing with geometric planes

lying in a plane

a plane curve

[Latin planus flat, level]

plane³verb intrans

said of a bird: to fly with the wings motionless

said of something airborne: to glide

said of a speedboat, surfboard, etc: to skim across the surface of the water

[French planer, from plan plane¹; from the plane formed by the wings of a soaring bird]

plane⁴noun

a tool with a sharp blade protruding from the base of a flat metal or wooden stock for smoothing or shaping a wooden surface by removing thin shavings

[Middle English via French from Latin planare to make level, from planus level]

plane⁵verb trans

to make (a surface, esp a wooden one) flat or even with a plane

She planed the sides of the door

(often + away/down) to remove (something) by planing

planer noun

plane⁶noun

a large deciduous tree with deeply cut lobed leaves and thin bark that is shed in flakes: genus Platanus

[Middle English via French from Latin platanus; from Greek platanos, from platys broad; because of its broad leaves]

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plane1/playn/ noun

plane2adj

plane3verb intrans

plane4noun