音标：[pleit]
n. 碟, 盘子, 盆中物, 金属板, 图版, 金银餐具, 印版, 金属牌(照)
vt. 镀金, 电镀, 用金属板固定, 给...装钢板, 为...制印版
【化】 板极; 干版
【医】 板, 板, 托基(牙), 平皿
相关词组:
read one's plate
foul a plate with
在线英汉词典
plate的短语、例句：
plate
n
1 [C]
(a) (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) shallow (usu round) dish made usu of earthenware or china, from which food is served or eaten 盘子; 碟子
a `dinner, `meat, `soup, etc plate 餐盘、 肉盘、 汤盘
paper/plastic `plates, eg at a picnic 纸[塑料]盘（如野餐用的）. =>illus 见插图.
(b) contents of this 一盘所盛之物
a plate of soup, stew, etc 一盘汤、 炖肉等.
(c) similar dish, usu made of metal or wood, used to collect money from the congregation in church （教会的）捐款盘, 奉献盘
pass round the plate 传递捐献盘
put ￡5 in the plate 把5英镑放入捐献盘中.
2 [U]
(a) spoons, forks, dishes, bowls, etc made of gold or silver, esp for use at meals 金的或银的餐具
a fine piece of plate, ie one of these articles 一件精致的贵金属餐具.
(b) dishes, bowls, chalices, etc made of gold or silver for use in church 教会的金的或银的圣餐具
The plate is kept in a locked cupboard. 圣餐具放在有锁的橱里.
3 [U] (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) metal other than silver or gold that has been covered with a thin coating of silver or gold 镀金或镀银的金属
electroplate, ie object(s) coated with a thin layer of metal 电镀物品
gold/silver plate 镀金[镀银]
I thought the teapot was silver, but it´s only plate. 我以为那把茶壶是银的, 原来只是电镀的.
4 [C]
(a) thin flat sheet of metal, glass, etc （金属、 玻璃等的）?quot;宀?BR>
steel plates, eg used in shipbuilding 钢板（如造船用的）.
(b) (biology 生) thin flat piece of horn, bone, etc （骨质、 角质等的）盾片, 鳞片
The armadillo has a protective shell of bony plates. 犰狳有角质鳞片的护甲.
5 [C] (geology 地质) any of the large rigid sheets of rock that make up the earth´s surface 板岩; 页岩
[attrib 作定语]
plate tectonics, ie study of the structure and formation of the earth´s surface through the movements of its plates 板块构造学.
6 [C] oblong piece of metal with sth stamped or engraved on it （印或刻有名号等的）金属牌
a brass `plate, eg on the door of a doctor, solicitor, etc with his name on it 黄铜牌（如医生、 律师等门上的名牌）
a `licence-/`number-plate, eg on a car 牌照[号码牌]（如汽车上的）.
7 [C]
(a) sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, etc treated so that words or pictures can be printed from it （金属、 塑料、 橡胶等制的印刷用的）版, ?quot;?
(b) (esp photographic) book illustration, esp one that is printed separately from the rest of the text 书籍插图（尤指照片版插页, 与正文分开印刷的）: `colour plate 彩色插图.
8 [C, U] (in photography) sheet of (esp) glass coated with a film sensitive to light （照相用的）感光底片, （尤指）玻璃感光片
`whole-/`half-/`quarter-plate, ie the usual sizes 整张[半张/四分之一张]感光片.
9 (also `dental plate, denture) [C]
thin piece of plastic material moulded to the shape of the gums or roof of the mouth for holding artificial teeth 托牙板.
10 [C]
(a) silver or gold cup as a prize for a horse-race （作赛马奖品的）金杯, 银杯.
(b) the race itself （以金杯或银杯作奖品的）赛马.
11 [C] (in baseball) home base of the batting side （棒球中的）本垒.
12 (idm 习语) hand/give sb sth on a `plate (infml 口) give sb sth or allow sb to obtain sth without any effort on his part 把某事物奉送某人; 让某人轻易获得某事物
You can´t expect promotion to be handed to you on a plate. 晋升的事休想会给你送货上门. on one´s `plate to occupy one´s time or energy 花个人的时间或精力
have enough/a lot/too much on one´s plate 有够多[很多/太多]的事要做
I can´t help you at the moment -- I´ve far too much on my plate already. 我现在无法帮助你--我自己的事已经太多了.
plate v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
~ sth (with sth) cover (another metal) with a thin layer esp of gold or silver 镀（另一金属）（尤指镀金或镀银）
a copper tray plated with silver 镀银的铜托盘
gold-plated dishes 镀金餐碟
silver-plated spoons 镀银羹匙.
2 [Tn] cover (esp a ship) with metal plates 给（尤指船）覆金属板.
plate