2N-COUNT (可能带有斜度的)平面 A plane is a flat, level surface which may be sloping at a particular angle. (可能带有斜度的)平面
...a building with angled planes.
带有坡面的建筑物
SYN flat surface, the flat, horizontal, level surface
3N-SING (想象中的)平面 If a number of points are in the same plane, one line or one flat surface could pass through them all. (想象中的)平面
All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, round its equator.
所有的行星大致在同一平面上绕太阳赤道运转。
4N-COUNT [adjective NOUN](精神的)水平,水准,层次 If you say that something is on a higher plane, you mean that it is more spiritual or less concerned with ordinary things. (精神的)水平,水准,层次 [literary]
...life on a higher plane of existence.
更高境界的生活
We felt we were living life on several different planes.
5N-COUNT 木工刨;刨子 A plane is a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it. You move the plane over a piece of wood in order to remove thin pieces of its surface. 木工刨;刨子
6VERB 刨;刨平;刨光 If you plane a piece of wood, you make it smaller or smoother by using a plane. 刨;刨平;刨光 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board. [VERB noun]
她看着他刨平一块胡桃木板。
Again I planed the surface flush. [VERB noun adj.ive]
我又一次把表面刨平。
Plane down means the same as plane.plane down 同 plane
The piece was reduced in size by planing down the four corners.
这块木头的4个角刨过后就变小了。
7VERB (轻触水面)疾驶,滑行 If something such as a boat planes across water, it moves quickly across the water, just touching the surface. (轻触水面)疾驶,滑行 [Also VERB]
All four of the boats planed across the Solent with the greatest of ease. [Vacross n]