单词 | dish |
释义 | dish n. & v. --n   1. a a shallow, usu. flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food, made of glass, ceramics, metal, etc. b the food served in a dish (all the dishes were delicious). c a particular kind of food (a meat dish).   2. (in pl.) dirty plates, cutlery, cooking pots, etc. after a meal.   3. a a dish-shaped receptacle, object, or cavity. b = satellite dish.   4. sl. a sexually attractive person. --vtr.   1. put (food) into a dish ready for serving.   2. colloq. a outmanoeuvre. b Brit. destroy (one's hopes, chances, etc.).   3. make concave or dish-shaped. Phrases and idioms dish out sl. distribute, esp. carelessly or indiscriminately. dish up   1. serve or prepare to serve (food).   2. colloq. seek to present (facts, argument, etc.) attractively. Derivatives dishful n. (pl. -fuls). dishlike adj. Etymology: OE disc plate, bowl (with Gmc and ON cognates) f. L discus DISC |
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