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explained 音标拼音: [ɪkspl'end] v.
vbl. 解释,说明 解释,说明 Explain \ Ex* plain"\ ([ e^] ks* pl[= a] n"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Explained}([ e^] ks* pl[= a] nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. { Explaining}.] [ L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See { Plain}, a., and cf. { Esplanade}.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The horse- chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster] Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] { To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. " Those explain the meaning quite away." -- Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up. [ 1913 Webster]
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