plates

英 [pleɪts] 美 [pleɪts]

n.  盘子; 碟子; 一盘所盛之量; 一盘; 一道主菜
v.  电镀(尤指镀金、镀银); 为…加设护板; (用金属板等)覆盖
plate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 盘；碟
    A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food.
    1. 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。
    2. A plate of food is the amount of food on the plate.
      一盘（或碟）之量
    3. ...a huge plate of bacon and eggs.
      一大盘咸肉煎蛋
  2. （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.
    1. （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.
      1. See also: ...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates. number plate license plate
      2. N-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.
        1. ...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
      3. （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.
        1. （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.
          1. N-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.
            1. Fermor's book has 55 colour plates.
              弗莫尔的书里有55页整版彩色插图。
          2. （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.
            1. 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.
              1. N-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.
                1. 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。
              2. （棒球运动中）the plate 同 home plate
                In baseball, the plate is the same as the home plate.
                1. PHRASE 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.
                  1. 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。
                2. PHRASE 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.
                  1. Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate.
                    他甚至连总统之位都是得来全不费工夫。
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                双语例句

                1. The waitress had cleared away the plates and brought coffee
                  女服务生收拾走盘子，端来了咖啡。
                2. She arranged plates and cutlery on a small table.
                  她在一张小桌上摆好盘子和餐具。
                3. Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce
                  将意大利面中的水分滤干，放在4个盘子里再淋上调味汁。
                4. I have watched the potters mold, fire and paint their bowls, plates and vases with sacred designs.
                  我见过制陶工人捏塑、烧制碗碟花瓶，并在上面涂绘各种宗教图案。
                5. The bar counter groans under the weight of huge plates of the freshest fish.
                  吧台上摆满了大碟大碟非常新鲜的鱼。
                6. One policeman was clearly visible noting the number plates of passing cars
                  能清楚地看到一名警察记下了经过车辆的车牌号。
                7. There was a pause while the barmaid set down two plates in front of us.
                  酒吧女招待在我们面前摆放两个盘子时停顿了一下。
                8. Pour a pool of sauce on two plates and arrange the meat neatly
                  在两个盘子里倒少许沙司酱，然后把肉摆放整齐。
                9. I soon learnt to read the licence plates 'prefixes.
                  我很快就学会了识别牌照前面的代码。
                10. Exquisite china soup dishes reposed on silver plates.
                  银盘子上面摆放着精制的陶瓷汤盘。
                11. These plates are fairly rigid.
                  这些盘子非常坚硬。
                12. The plates and glassware were rimmed with gold.
                  这些盘子和玻璃器皿都镶着金边。
                13. I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates
                  我将意大利面滤干，然后平分到两个盘子里。
                14. Breakfast plates were collected and the slops emptied.
                  早餐的盘子已经收走，剩饭也清理干净了。
                15. I bet you make breakfast and wash up their plates, too.
                  我肯定是你做的早餐并且清洗了他们的餐具。
                16. Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates
                  用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。
                17. The book has several colour plates.
                  书中有几幅彩色插图。
                18. These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.
                  这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
                19. The steel rolled out in plates.
                  钢轧成了钢板。
                20. We discuss first a wide variety of evidence bearing upon the thickness and constitutional variation of plates.
                  我们首先讨论与板块厚度和结构的变化有关的各种证据。
                21. These broken pieces of plates don't fit together, they must be parts of different ones.
                  这些盘子的碎片合不到一起，它们肯定是不同盘子的碎片。
                22. She crashed the plates angrily down on the table.
                  她生气地把盘子摔在桌子上。
                23. Does the Queen really dine off the gold plates?
                  女王真的用金盘子进餐吗？
                24. The films and plates are put in their holders the night before the eclipse.
                  胶卷或感光片应在日食前装入暗盒。
                25. It's said that the queen eats her meals off gold plates.
                  据说女王用金盘碟用餐。
                26. Tables and chairs were knocked over, plates and glasses went crashing to the floor.
                  桌子和椅子给撞倒了，杯子和盘子摔碎在地板上。
                27. First, the buckling and failure loads are examined by experiments for corrugated plates with two different wave lengths.
                  通过试验，探索了两种不同波长的复合材料波纹板屈曲载荷和破坏载荷；
                28. The metal plates are made of aluminum and steel respectively, and their surfaces are all polished.
                  实验中采用的金属板分别为铝质和钢质，表面都进行了抛光处理。
                29. The towers are surfaced with steel plates.
                  在塔面上加了一层钢板。
                30. There are some plates, bowls and chopsticks on the table.
                  在桌上有些盘子、碗和筷子。
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