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

• N-COUNT 盘；碟
  Aplateis 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. Aplate offood 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
• （尤指用于机械或建筑上金属制的）平板，薄板
  Aplateis a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building.
• （通常置于办公室或住宅门边上的）金属姓名牌
  Aplateis 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.
• See also:...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates.number platelicense plate
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指银或金质的）餐具
  Plateis 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
• （印刷用的）印版，图版
  In printing, aplateis a sheet of metal which is carved or specially treated with chemicals so that it can be used to print text or pictures.
• （摄影中的）感光板，（玻璃）干版
  In photography, aplateis 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.
• N-COUNT （书中的）整版插图
  Aplatein 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。
• （显微镜下的长方形）载物片，玻璃片
  In a microscope, theplateis 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.
• 假牙托；（牙）托基
  A dentalplateis a piece of plastic which is shaped to fit inside a person's mouth and which a set of false teeth is attached to.
• N-COUNT （地质学中的大陆）板块
  In geology, aplateis 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。
• （棒球运动中）the plate 同 home plate
  In baseball,the plateis the same as thehome plate.
• PHRASE 有很多工作要做；有很多事要处理
  If youhave enough onyourplateorhave a lot onyourplate, 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。
• PHRASE 把…拱手奉送给
  If you say that someone has thingshanded tothemon 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• She arranged plates and cutlery on a small table.
  她在一张小桌上摆好盘子和餐具。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The plates and glassware were rimmed with gold.
  这些盘子和玻璃器皿都镶着金边。
• 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。
• Does the Queen really dine off the gold plates?
  女王真的用金盘子进餐吗？