1N-COUNT 盘;碟 A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food. 盘;碟
Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing.
安妮塔把自己的盘子推开;她几乎什么都没吃。
A plate of food is the amount of food on the plate.一盘(或碟)之量
...a huge plate of bacon and eggs.
一大盘咸肉煎蛋
2N-COUNT (尤指用于机械或建筑上金属制的)平板,薄板 A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building. (尤指用于机械或建筑上金属制的)平板,薄板
3N-COUNT (通常置于办公室或住宅门边上的)金属姓名牌 A plate is a small, flat piece of metal with someone's name written on it, which you usually find beside the front door of an office or house. (通常置于办公室或住宅门边上的)金属姓名牌
4N-PLURAL (车辆的)号码牌,牌照 On a road vehicle, the plates are the panels at the front and back which display the license number in the United States, and the registration number in Britain. (车辆的)号码牌,牌照
6N-UNCOUNT (尤指银或金质的)餐具Plate is dishes, bowls, and cups that are made of precious metal, especially silver or gold. (尤指银或金质的)餐具
...gold and silver plate, jewellery, and roomfuls of antique furniture.
金银餐具、珠宝,还有整屋整屋的古董家具
7N-COUNT (印刷用的)印版,图版 In printing, a plate is a sheet of metal which is carved or specially treated with chemicals so that it can be used to print text or pictures. (印刷用的)印版,图版
8N-COUNT (摄影中的)感光板,(玻璃)干版 In photography, a plate is a thin sheet of glass that is covered with a layer of chemicals which react to the light and on which an image can be formed. (摄影中的)感光板,(玻璃)干版
9N-COUNT (书中的)整版插图 A plate in a book is a picture or photograph which takes up a whole page and is usually printed on better quality paper than the rest of the book. (书中的)整版插图
10N-COUNT (显微镜下的长方形)载物片,玻璃片 In a microscope, the plate is a small rectangular piece of glass onto which you put a small amount of the substance that you want to look at. You then slide the plate under the microscope to look at the substance. (显微镜下的长方形)载物片,玻璃片
11N-COUNT 假牙托;(牙)托基 A dental plate is a piece of plastic which is shaped to fit inside a person's mouth and which a set of false teeth is attached to. 假牙托;(牙)托基
12N-COUNT (地质学中的大陆)板块 In geology, a plate is a large piece of the earth's surface, perhaps as large as a continent, which moves very slowly. (地质学中的大陆)板块 [technical]
The United States Geological Survey has revealed that the earthquake was not caused by a simple horizontal movement of one plate past another.
美国地质调查局揭示了此次地震并非由大陆板块间简单的水平交错运动所引起。
13N-COUNT [usually theNOUN in singular](棒球运动中)the plate 同 home plate In baseball, the plate is the same as the home plate. (棒球运动中)the plate 同 home plate [US]
14PHRASE 有很多工作要做;有很多事要处理 If you have enough on your plate or have a lot on your plate, you have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with. 有很多工作要做;有很多事要处理
We have enough on our plate. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have.
我们有很多工作要做。仅是手头现有的事情就已经有的忙了。
15PHRASE 把…拱手奉送给 If you say that someone has things handed to them on a plate, you disapprove of them because they get good things easily. 把…拱手奉送给 [mainly British, disapproval]
1for food食物ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLATE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dessert, dinner, serving, side, soup甜點盤;餐盤;上菜盤;小菜盤;湯盤➤paper紙碟▸➤clean, dirty乾淨的盤子;髒盤子◇The sink was full of dirty plates.洗滌槽裏放滿了髒盤子。➤empty, full空盤子;滿滿的盤子VERB + PLATE➤clear, empty掃光/吃空盤子◇I could see how hungry she was from the way she cleared her plate.從她把盤子裏的食物一掃而光我就能看出她有多餓。➤clear, clear away, collect, take收走盤子➤clean清洗盤子PREPOSITION➤on a/the plate在盤子裏◇She ate everything on her plate.她吃光了盤子裏的東西。➤plate of一盤⋯◇a plate of rice一盤米飯plate
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2piece of metal with writing on帶字的金屬牌ADJECTIVE➤licence/license, number (BrE) 牌照;號碼牌◇The driver was arrested for having false licence / license plates on his car.司機由於使用假車牌而被拘捕。➤name姓名牌◇He read the brass name plate by the door.他看了一下門旁銅製的姓名牌。
plate noun ⇨plate (a dinner plate)⇨sign2 (the car's number plate)plate
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plate ♦︎ bowl ♦︎ dish ♦︎ platterThese are all words for a container that you serve food on or in.这些词均表示碗或盘。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a plate / bowl / dish / platter of sth◆on a plate / dish / platter◆in a bowl / dish◆an empty plate / bowl / dish / platter◆a glass / silver plate / bowl / dish / platter◆a china / serving plate / bowl / dish / platter◆a plastic plate / bowl / dish◆to fill a plate / bowl / dish / platter■plate [countable] a flat, usually round, object with a slightly raised edge that you can put food on; the food on a plate盘子;碟子;一盘(食物)◆He barely touched the food on his plate.他几乎一点没动盘子里的食物。◆The set includes four dinner plates, four side plates and four soup bowls.这一套包括四只餐盘、四只小吃盘和四只汤碗。◆We used plastic cutlery and ate off paper plates.我们用的是塑料刀叉和纸盘子。◆He came in carrying a plate of sandwiches.他捧了一盘三明治进来。➡ See also the entry for portion另见portion条■bowl [countable] (often in compounds常构成复合词) a deep round container with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid; the food or liquid in a bowl碗;钵;盆;一碗(食物或液体)◆a salad / fruit / sugar bowl沙拉碗;水果盆;糖钵◆a washing-up bowl洗碗碟用的盆◆a bowl of soup一碗汤■dish [countable] a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from(用于烹调或盛食物的)碟,盘◆an ovenproof dish耐热盘◆Arrange the chicken and salad in a serving dish.在餐盘里码放鸡肉和沙拉。ⓘ The dishes are the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed. * the dishes指吃饭时用过的需要清洗的盘子、碗、杯子等◆I'll do the dishes(= wash them).我来洗碗。■platter [countable] a large plate that is used for serving food大平盘◆I'll have the fish platter(= several types of fish and other food served on a large plate).我来一盘鱼拼盘吧。