plate
n
1 [C]
(a) (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞) shallow (usu round) dish made usu of earthenware or china, from which food is served or eaten 盤子; 碟子
a `dinner, `meat, `soup, etc plate 餐盤、 肉盤、 湯盤
paper/plastic `plates, eg at a picnic 紙[塑料]盤(如野餐用的). =>illus 見插圖.
(b) contents of this 一盤所盛之物
a plate of soup, stew, etc 一盤湯、 燉肉等.
(c) similar dish, usu made of metal or wood, used to collect money from the congregation in church (教會的)捐款盤, 奉獻盤
pass round the plate 傳遞捐獻盤
put £5 in the plate 把5英鎊放入捐獻盤中.
2 [U]
(a) spoons, forks, dishes, bowls, etc made of gold or silver, esp for use at meals 金的或銀的餐具
a fine piece of plate, ie one of these articles 一件精致的貴金屬餐具.
(b) dishes, bowls, chalices, etc made of gold or silver for use in church 教會的金的或銀的圣餐具
The plate is kept in a locked cupboard. 圣餐具放在有鎖的櫥里.
3 [U] (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞) metal other than silver or gold that has been covered with a thin coating of silver or gold 鍍金或鍍銀的金屬
electroplate, ie object(s) coated with a thin layer of metal 電鍍物品
gold/silver plate 鍍金[鍍銀]
I thought the teapot was silver, but it's only plate. 我以為那把茶壺是銀的, 原來只是電鍍的.
4 [C]
(a) thin flat sheet of metal, glass, etc (金屬、 玻璃等的)?quot;宀?BR> steel plates, eg used in shipbuilding 鋼板(如造船用的).
(b) (biology 生) thin flat piece of horn, bone, etc (骨質、 角質等的)盾片, 鱗片
The armadillo has a protective shell of bony plates. 犰狳有角質鱗片的護甲.
5 [C] (geology 地質) any of the large rigid sheets of rock that make up the earth's surface 板巖; 頁巖
[attrib 作定語]
plate tectonics, ie study of the structure and formation of the earth's surface through the movements of its plates 板塊構造學.
6 [C] oblong piece of metal with sth stamped or engraved on it (印或刻有名號等的)金屬牌
a brass `plate, eg on the door of a doctor, solicitor, etc with his name on it 黃銅牌(如醫生、 律師等門上的名牌)
a `licence-/`number-plate, eg on a car 牌照[號碼牌](如汽車上的).
7 [C]
(a) sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, etc treated so that words or pictures can be printed from it (金屬、 塑料、 橡膠等制的印刷用的)版, ?quot;?
(b) (esp photographic) book illustration, esp one that is printed separately from the rest of the text 書籍插圖(尤指照片版插頁, 與正文分開印刷的): `colour plate 彩色插圖.
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 整張[半張/四分之一張]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 (作賽馬獎品的)金杯, 銀杯.
(b) the race itself (以金杯或銀杯作獎品的)賽馬.
11 [C] (in baseball) home base of the batting side (棒球中的)本壘.
12 (idm 習語) 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; 讓某人輕易獲得某事物
You can't expect promotion to be handed to you on a plate. 晉升的事休想會給你送貨上門. on one's `plate to occupy one's time or energy 花個人的時間或精力
have enough/a lot/too ...