English Dictionary

simple

/ˈsɪmpəl/

noun

(pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant. / (obsolete, by extension) A physician. / (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.

The simple solution is often the best one.

意味（1）

(pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

I know there are some simples, which in operation are moistening and some drying.

意味（2）

(obsolete, by extension) A physician.

意味（3）

(logic) A simple or atomic proposition.

意味（4）

(obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.

But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels

意味（5）

(weaving) A drawloom.

意味（6）

(weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

意味（7）

(Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.