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1 plain clothes
ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (also adjective) (a plain-clothes job.) ubranie cywilne -
2 plain-clothes
['pleɪnkləuðz]adjpolice officer ubrany po cywilnemu -
3 plain
[pleɪn] 1. adj( unpatterned) gładki; ( simple) prosty; (clear, easily understood) jasny; ( not beautiful) nieładny; ( frank) otwarty2. adv 3. n( area of land) równina f; (KNITTING) prawe oczko ntto make sth plain to sb — dawać (dać perf) coś komuś jasno do zrozumienia
* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) zwykły, prosty2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) zrozumiały3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) szczery, otwarty4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) oczywisty5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) nieładny2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) równina2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) ścieg gładki•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
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4 uniformed
adjective ((eg of police) wearing a uniform, not plain clothes.) mundurowy -
5 fancy
['fænsɪ] 1. n( liking) upodobanie nt; ( imagination) wyobraźnia f, fantazja f; ( fantasy) marzenie nt, mrzonka f2. adjclothes, hat wymyślny, fantazyjny; hotel wytworny, luksusowy3. vtI fancied (that) … — wydawało mi się, że …
the vase immediately took/caught her fancy — wazon natychmiast wpadł jej w oko
he fancies himself as an intellectual — wyobraża sobie, że jest intelektualistą
well, fancy that! — a to dopiero!, coś takiego!
* * *['fænsi] 1. plural - fancies; noun1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.) upodobanie, zachcianka2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.) fantazja, wyobraźnia3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) złudzenie, wizja2. adjective(decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) wymyślny, ozdobny3. verb1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) mieć ochotę na2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) mieć wrażenie3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) mieć pociąg do•- fanciful- fancifully
- fancy dress
- take a fancy to
- take one's fancy
См. также в других словарях:
plain-clothes — adj [only before noun] plain clothes police are police who wear ordinary clothes so that they can work without being recognized … Dictionary of contemporary English
plain|clothes — «PLAYN KLOHZ, KLOHTHZ», adjective. not in uniform when on duty. plain clothes, the ordinary dress of civil life; nonofficial dress … Useful english dictionary
plain clothes — plain clothes, adj. clothing other than one s uniform, esp. civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer. Also, plainclothes. [1815 25] * * * … Universalium
plain clothes — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ ordinary clothes rather than uniform, especially when worn by police officers … English terms dictionary
plain clothes — ordinary dress (as opposed to military uniform), 1822; of police detectives, it is attested from 1842. Also plainclothes … Etymology dictionary
plain clothes — noun ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. • Syn: ↑civilian clothing, ↑civilian dress, ↑civilian garb • Hypernyms: ↑clothing, ↑article of clothing, ↑vesture, ↑wear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plain clothes — n. in plain clothes (the police officer was in plain clothes) * * * [ˌpleɪn kləʊ(ð)z] in plain clothes (the police officer was in plain clothes) … Combinatory dictionary
plain-clothes — also plainclothes ADJ: ADJ n Plain clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform. in plain clothes → see plain He was arrested by plain clothes detectives as he walked through the customs hall. Ant: uniformed … English dictionary
plain-clothes — adjective plain clothes police are police who wear ordinary clothes so that they can work without being recognised: plain clothes detectives … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
plain-clothes — UK / US noun [plural] ordinary clothes that police wear instead of a uniform in order to do their job without being recognized Derived word: plain clothes UK / US adjective a plain clothes detective … English dictionary
plain·clothes — /ˈpleınˈkloʊz/ adj, always used before a noun : dressed in ordinary clothes and not a uniform while on duty a plainclothes police officer see also plain clothes at ↑plain, 1 … Useful english dictionary