plate
noun
verb
pleɪt noun
1
FOOD
食物
a. a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food on b. also 又作 the amount of food that is on a plate Do not use when you mean ‘food cooked in a particular way as a meal’. Use . 当表示菜肴时，不要用 plate，而要用 dish C
The plates were piled high with rice.
盘子里都堆满了米饭。
a dinner plate
餐碟
[+ of ]
He’s eaten a whole plate of french fries.
他吃了整整一盘炸薯条。
a restaurant where you can eat the most delicious dishes (NOT 不说 plates) you can imagine
一家可以尝到你能想到的最美味菜肴的餐馆
2
SIGN
标牌
a flat piece of metal with words or numbers on it, for example on a door or a car 〔印有文字或数字的〕金属牌; 门牌; 车牌 C
The brass plate on the door said ‘Dr Rackman’.
黄铜门牌上写着“雷克曼博士”。
number/license/registration plate (on a car) 车牌
Did anyone see the car’s license plate ?
有人看清那辆汽车的车牌吗？
3
have a lot/enough on your plate
to have a lot of problems to deal with or problems to worry about [非正式] 要应付的问题很多，要操心的事情很多 informal
4
PROTECTIVE COVERING
保护性覆盖物
a. one of the thin sheets of bone, horn etc that covers and protects the outside of some animals b. a thin sheet of metal used to protect something 金属护板 （片 ） C | technical
metal/steel/iron plates
The shoes had metal plates attached to the heels.
那双鞋后跟钉有金属片。
5
EARTH’S SURFACE
地球表面
one of the very large sheets of rock that form the surface of the Earth [术语] 板块 C | technical
6
GOLD/SILVER
金/银
a. ordinary metal with a thin covering of gold or silver b. things such as plates, cups, forks, or knives made of gold or silver 金/银餐具 U
7
hand/give/offer sb sth on a plate
to let someone get or achieve something easily, without much effort from them 把某事物拱手送给某人
I worked hard for what I’ve got. It wasn’t handed to me on a plate.
我现在拥有的是我辛苦工作换来的，并不是人家拱手相送的。
8
PICTURES/PHOTOS
图片/照片
a. a sheet of metal that has been cut or treated in a special way so that words or pictures can be printed from its surface b. a picture in a book, printed on good-quality paper and usually coloured c. a thin sheet of glass used especially in the past in photography, with chemicals on it that are sensitive to light 〔尤指过去摄影用的〕感光板 （片 ） C
copper printing plates
铜印版
9
BASEBALL
棒球
the place where the person hitting the ball stands 本垒板 C usually singular 一般用单数
10
COMPETITION
竞赛
used in the names of sports competitions or races in which the winner gets a silver plate …银碟赛〔用于奖品为银碟的竞赛名称中〕
This horse won the Galway Plate.
这匹马在戈尔韦银碟赛中获胜了。
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TEETH
牙齿
a. a thin piece of plastic shaped to fit inside a person’s mouth, into which FALSE TEETH are fixed b. a thin piece of plastic with wires fixed to it, that some people wear in their mouth to make their teeth straight [英] 牙箍，牙齿矫正器; C | BrE AmE
verb
12
be plated with sth
a. to be covered with a thin covering of gold or silver b. to be covered in sheets of a hard material such as metal 用〔金属板等坚硬材料〕覆盖
a beautiful necklace, plated with 22 carat gold
一条漂亮的 22 开镀金项链
gold-plated/silver-plated
a gold-plated watch
镀金手表
The ship had been heavily plated with protective sheets.
那艘船加装了厚厚的护板。