1ADJ [usually ADJ n](尤指历史上早期的)平民,庶民 A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian, comes from a low social class. (尤指历史上早期的)平民,庶民
In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]平庸的;市井的;粗俗的 If someone describes something as plebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class. 平庸的;市井的;粗俗的 [formal, disapproval]
...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner.
一口伦敦土腔、举止粗俗不堪的哲学教授
He spent all day playing rackets on the beach, a plebeian sport if there ever was one.