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

• The plates and glassware were rimmed with gold.
  这些盘子和玻璃器皿都镶着金边。
• 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。
• She arranged plates and cutlery on a small table.
  她在一张小桌上摆好盘子和餐具。
• These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.
  这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
• 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。
• 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。
• She crashed the plates angrily down on the table.
  她生气地把盘子摔在桌子上。
• 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。
• The steel rolled out in plates.
  钢轧成了钢板。
• 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。