释义 |
dish1 /dish/ noun- A vessel, esp one that is flat, or shallow, or not circular, for holding or serving food during a meal
- A dishful
- The food in a dish
- (in pl) the plates, cutlery, etc used in a meal and now to be washed
- A cup (of tea, coffee, etc) (archaic)
- Food prepared in a particular way for a meal
- A hollow
- Concavity of form, as in a wheel or a chair-back
- (also dish aerial) a microwave aerial in the form of a parabolic reflector used for radar or radio telescopes and for satellite broadcast reception
- A good-looking or attractive person (informal)
transitive verb- To put in a dish, for serving during a meal
- To make concave
- To outwit, circumvent (informal)
- To ruin (informal)
- To distribute spiteful gossip (N American informal)
ORIGIN: OE disc a plate, a dish, a table, from L discus, from Gr diskos; cf disc, desk and Ger Tisch table dished adjective - Having a concavity
- (of a pair of wheels on a car, etc) sloping in towards each other at the top
- Completely frustrated (informal)
dishˈful noun dishˈing noun - Putting in a dish
- A hollow, a concavity
adjective Hollow like a dish dishˈy adjective (informal) Good-looking, attractive dish aerial see n above. dishˈcloth or (archaic or dialect) dishˈ-clout noun A cloth for washing, drying or wiping dishes dishˈ-cover noun A cover for a dish to keep it hot dishˈ-faced adjective Having a round, flat face, or (in animals) a concavity in the face dishˈrag noun A dishcloth dishˈtowel noun (esp N American) A cloth for drying dishes, a tea towel dishˈwasher noun - A machine that washes and dries dishes, cutlery, etc
- A person employed to wash dishes
dishˈwater noun - Water in which dishes have been washed
- A liquid deficient in strength or cleanliness
dish out - To serve out
- To share (food) among several people
- To give, give out (informal; usu disparagingly; esp with it, of rough treatment, punishment, etc)
dish the dirt see under dirt dish up To serve up (food or other matter for consumption) do the dishes (informal) To wash the dishes, cutlery, etc used in a meal |