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Plane 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 刨子; 平面;v. 刨 ●［英］n. 刨子 ( a tool for smoothing) ; 平面 ( a flat or level surface) ●［例］plane a table smooth ( 把桌子刨平) Webster Collegiate I. verb (~d; planing) ●Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from Late Latin planare, from Latin planus level — more at floor ●Date: 14th century ●transitive verb m 1. ■ a. to make smooth or even ; level ■ b. to make smooth or even by use of a ~ m 2. to remove by or as if by planing--often used with away or off ●intransitive verb m 1. to work with a ~ m 2. to do the work of a ~ ●?~r noun II. noun ●Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos; probably akin to Greek platys broad--more at place ●Date: 14th century ●any of a genus (Platanus of the family Platanaceae, the ~-tree family) of chiefly deciduous trees with large palmately lobed leaves, flowers in globose heads, and usually scaling bark--called also buttonwood, ~ tree, sycamore III. noun ●Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin plana, from planare ●Date: 14th century ●a tool for smoothing or shaping a wood surface IV. noun ●Etymology: Latin planum, from neuter of planus level ●Date: 1571 ●1. m a. a surface in which if any two points are chosen a straight line joining them lies wholly in that surface m b. a flat or level surface ●2. a level of existence, consciousness, or development on the intellectual ~ ●3. m a. one of the main supporting surfaces of an air~ m b. \［by shortening\］air~ V. adjective ●Etymology: Latin planus ●Date: 14th century ●1. having no elevations or depressions ; flat ●2. m a. of, relating to, or dealing with geometric ~s m b. lying in a ~ a ~ curve ●Synonyms: see level VI. intransitive verb (~d; planing) ●Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French ~r, from plain level, plain ●Date: 15th century ●1. m a. to fly while keeping the wings motionless m b. to skim across the surface of the water ●2. ［trn］to travel by air~ ------ Planetary 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●adj. 行星的 ●［记］来自名词p