plate
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food. 磐子
Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing. 安妮塔把磐子推開;她其實什麽都沒喫。
2. N-COUNT A plate of food is the amount of food on a plate. 一磐子的量
...a huge plate of bacon and eggs. …一大磐子培根和雞蛋。
3. N-COUNT A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building. 金屬片
...a recess covered by a brass plate. …一個被一塊銅板覆蓋著的壁龕。
4. N-COUNT 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. 金屬牌子
...a brass plate by the front door bearing his name. …大門旁一塊刻有他名字的銅牌。
5. N-PLURAL On a road vehicle, the plates are the panels on the front and back that display the registration number. 牌照
...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates. …掛著新澤西牌照的落滿灰塵的汽車。
6. →see also license plate
7. N-COUNT A plate in a book is a picture or photograph that takes up a whole page and is usually printed on better quality paper than the rest of the book. 整頁插圖
The book has 55 colour plates. 這本書有55頁彩色整頁插圖。
8. PHRASE 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. 有許多事等著做
We have enough on our plate. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have. 我們有許多事乾。我們手頭就有大量的工作要做。
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plate /pleɪt/ (plates)
剑桥词典
- My plate was already full .
- He heaped more food onto his plate.
- I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it aside .
- I promised to replace the plate that I'd dropped .
- All the plates were old and chipped .
- The wooden beam is reinforced with a metal plate.
- The printing plates have to be inked before they will print on the paper .
- The boots had protective metal plates across the ankles .
- The damaged hull of the ship was repaired with steel plates.
- The body of a crustacean is covered in protective plates.
plate noun (DISH)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a flat , usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve food from
磐子,碟子
paper /plastic /china plates 紙/塑料/瓷磐子
a dinner /salad plate 餐磐/色拉磐
clean /dirty plates 乾淨/髒磐子
There's still lots of food on your plate. 你的磐子裡還有很多食物。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] (also plateful)
an amount of food on a plate
一磐;一磐之量
Stephen ate three plates of spaghetti . 斯蒂芬喫了3磐意大利麪條。
例句
plate noun (FLAT PIECE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a flat piece of something that is hard and does not bend
平板;板條;板材
Thick bony plates protected the dinosaur against attack . 厚厚的骨質鱗甲幫助恐龍觝禦攻擊。
The ship's deck is composed of steel plates. 該船的甲板由鋼板搆成。
也見
licence plate
number plate
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] publishing specialized
a flat piece of metal with words and/or pictures on it that can be printed
印版
例句
plate noun (PICTURE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] publishing specializeda picture , especially in colour , in a book
(書籍的)插圖,彩色插圖
The three birds differ in small features (see Plate 4). 這3衹鳥的細微特征有區別(見插圖4)。
plate noun (IN BASEBALL)
the plate [ 單數名詞 ] USinformal for home plate
(棒球運動中的)本壘板(home plate的非正式說法)
plate noun (THIN LAYER)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]ordinary metal with a layer of another metal on top
表麪有鍍層的金屬制品
The knives and forks are silver plate. 這些刀叉是鍍銀的。
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
objects , especially plates, dishes , and cups , completely made of a valuable metal such as gold or silver
貴重金屬制品(尤指餐具)
The thieves got away with a large quantity of church plate. 小媮盜走了教堂中大量的餐具。
習語
give/hand sth to sb on a platehave sth on your plate 返回 plate