plateful

noun

1. 一盘之量；盘
   the amount that a plate holds
   1. She ate three platefuls of spaghetti.
      她吃了三盘意大利面条。

1. N-COUNT 一满盘（或碟）之量
   A plateful of food is an amount of food that is on a plate and fills it.
   1. ...a greasy plateful of bacon and eggs.
      一满盘油腻的咸肉煎蛋

1. The hungry boys polished off a plateful of ham and then asked FOR more.
   那些饥肠碌碌的孩子们很快吃一盘子火腿，还想再要。
2. No one likes to leave a plateful of food when invited to a dinner party, and 'saying you enjoyed a friend or relative's cooking' when you might not have was the number one reason for lying ( 42 per cent).
   被邀请参加派对时，没人愿意剩下一大盘食物，所以即使没有觉得很好吃也会说很喜欢朋友或亲戚做的食物，此处是人们说谎最多的地方（有42%的人说谎）。
3. I know that he is feeling what I am feeling when we share a plateful of fresh langoustines, dipped with our fingers in a rough mayonnaise.
   我知道，在我们分享一盘螯虾，把手指伸到蛋黄酱中的时候，他的感觉和我一模一样。
4. He was tucking into a huge plateful of pasta.
   他在狼吞虎咽地吃一大盘通心粉。
5. He knocked off two chops and a plateful of vegetables in about ten minutes, and then asked for more.
   他大约十分钟就吃完了两份排骨和一满盘青菜，而且吃完还要。
6. He devoured one plateful, and then asked for more.
   他狼吞虎咽地吃光满满一盘子后，接着还要吃。
7. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance.
   林顿先生调了一杯尼格斯酒，伊莎贝拉往她手里塞了满满一盘的蛋糕，埃德加张着嘴远远的看着。
8. A plateful of coarse broken victuals was set before him.
   一盘粗劣的剩余饭食放到了他的面前。
9. Why you should skip it: When you know you can have only one plateful, chances are you will pile it sky-high.
   为什么不可取：当你知道自己只能吃一盘食物时，你很有可能将盘子中的食物堆得很高。
10. REAL WITCHES gets the same pleasure from squelching a child as you get from eating a plateful of strawberries and thick cream.
    真实的巫婆会像你吃掉一盘子草莓和厚厚的奶油那样，从压服孩子得到同样的快感。

noun

1. the quantity contained in a plate

   Synonym:    plate