| 单词 | plate |
| 释义 | plate —plate /pleɪt/ noun (DISH) A1 [C] a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve food from: » paper/plastic/china plates» a dinner/salad plate» clean/dirty plates» There's still lots of food on your plate.Thesaurus+: ↑Dishes, bowls, cups and glassesF0 [C] (ALSO plateful) an amount of food on a plate: » Stephen ate three plates of spaghetti.Thesaurus+: ↑Informal measurements of volume , ↑Measurements of volume• • • Extra Examples:» My plate was already full.» He heaped more food onto his plate.» I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it aside.» I promised to replace the plate that I'd dropped.» All the plates were old and chipped.noun (FLAT PIECE) F0 [C] a flat piece of something that is hard and does not bend: » Thick bony plates protected the dinosaur against attack.» The ship's deck is composed of steel plates.→ SEE ALSO LICENCE PLATE(Cf. ↑licence plate), NUMBER PLATE(Cf. ↑number plate)Thesaurus+: ↑Surfaces of objects , ↑Edges and extremities of objectsF0 [C] SPECIALIZED a flat piece of metal with words and/or pictures on it that can be printed Thesaurus+: ↑Printing and word processing• • • Extra Examples:» The wooden beam is reinforced with a metal plate.» The printing plates have to be inked before they will print on the paper.» The boots had protective metal plates across the ankles.» The damaged hull of the ship was repaired with steel plates.» The body of a crustacean is covered in protective plates.noun (IN BASEBALL) the plate [S] US► F0 INFORMAL FOR HOME PLATE(Cf. ↑home plate)Thesaurus+: ↑Baseball and rounders , ↑General terms used in ball sportsnoun (THIN LAYER) F0 [U] ordinary metal with a layer of another metal on top: » The knives and forks are silver plate.Thesaurus+: ↑Metals and metalworking , ↑Chemical elementsThesaurus+: ↑Coverings and layersF0 [U] objects, especially plates, dishes, and cups, completely made of a valuable metal such as gold or silver: » The thieves got away with a large quantity of church plate.Thesaurus+: ↑Dishes, bowls, cups and glassesnoun [C] SPECIALIZED (PICTURE) ► F0 a picture, especially in colour, in a book: » The three birds differ in small features (see Plate 4).Thesaurus+: ↑Picturesverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for plate ► F0 to cover a metal object with a thin layer of another metal, especially gold or silver: » We normally plate the car handles with nickel and then chrome.Thesaurus+: ↑Metals and metalworking , ↑Chemical elementsThesaurus+: ↑Covering and adding layers-plated /-pleɪ.tɪd/ aep /-t̬ɪd/ suffix► F0» Gold-plated earrings are much cheaper than solid gold ones.Thesaurus+: ↑Metals and metalworking , ↑Chemical elementsplating /ˈpleɪ.tɪŋ/ aep /-t̬ɪŋ/ noun [U] ► F0» gold/silver platingThesaurus+: ↑Metals and metalworking , ↑Chemical elementsThesaurus+: ↑Coverings and layers |
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