单词 | dish |
释义 | dish ![]() n. 1. a. An open, generally shallow concave container for holding, cooking, or serving food. b. dishes The containers and often the utensils used when eating: took out the dishes and silverware; washed the dishes. c. A shallow concave container used for purposes other than eating: an evaporating dish. 2. The amount that a dish can hold. 3. a. The food served or contained in a dish: a dish of ice cream. b. A particular variety or preparation of food: Sushi is a Japanese dish. 4. a. A depression similar to that in a shallow concave container for food. b. The degree of concavity in such a depression. 5. Electronics A dish antenna. 6. Slang A good-looking person, especially an attractive woman. 7. Informal Idle talk; gossip: "plenty of dish about her tattoos, her plastic surgeries, and her ever-younger inamorati" (Louise Kennedy). v. dished, dish·ing, dish·es v.tr. 1. To serve (food) in or as if in a dish: dished up the stew. 2. To present: dished up an excellent entertainment. 3. To hollow out; make concave. 4. Informal To gossip about. 5. Chiefly British Slang To ruin, foil, or defeat. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: Informal To talk idly, especially to gossip. dish out Idiom: To dispense freely: likes to dish out advice. dish it out Slang To deal out criticism or abuse. [Middle English, from Old English disc, from Latin discus; see DISK.] |
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