v. 解释情况；解释（explain的ing形式）

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.]

The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its
leaf. --Evelyn.

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.

Commentators to explain the difficult passages to
you. --Gay.

{To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those
explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope.

Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.