1. | [c] 盘子；碟子a flat, usually round, dish that you put food on |
sandwiches on a plate 盘子上的三明治 | |
a pile of dirty plates 一摞脏盘子 | |
dinner plates 餐盘 |
2. | [c] 一盘所盛之量；一盘the amount of food that you can put on a plate |
a plate of sandwiches 一盘三明治 | |
two large plates of pasta 两大盘意大利面 |
3. | [c] 一道主菜a whole main course of a meal, served on one plate |
Try the seafood plate. 尝尝这道海鲜吧。 |
4. | [c] （金属）板条，板a thin flat piece of metal, used especially to join or make sth stronger |
The tanks were mainly constructed of steel plates. 这些坦克车主要是用钢板制造的。 | |
She had a metal plate inserted in her arm. 她的胳膊里嵌着一块接骨板。 |
5. | [c] （刻有名字等的）金属牌子a flat piece of metal with some information on it, for example sb's name |
A brass plate beside the door said ‘Dr Alan Tate’. 门旁的铜牌上写着“艾伦 ) 泰特医生”。 |
6. | [usupl] （车辆）牌照，号牌；车牌the pieces of metal or plastic at the front and back of a vehicle with numbers and letters on it |
7. | [u] 镀金（或镀银）的金属ordinary metal that is covered with a thin layer of silver or gold |
The cutlery is plate, not solid silver. 这套餐具是镀银的，不是纯银的。 |
8. | [u] 金质（或银质）餐具dishes, bowls, etc. that are made of silver or gold |
9. | [c] 板；骨板one of the thin flat pieces of horn or bone that cover and protect an animal |
the armadillo's protective shell of bony plates 犰狳的一层防护性骨板 |
10. | [c] 板块one of the very large pieces of rock that form the earth's surface and move slowly |
the Pacific plate 太平洋板块 | |
Earthquakes are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other. 地震是由两块地壳构造板块互相碰撞造成的。 |
11. | [c] 书籍插图照片；（尤指优质纸上的）整页插图a photograph that is used as a picture in a book, especially one that is printed on a separate page on high quality paper |
The book includes 55 colour plates. 本书有 55 幅彩色插图。 | |
See plate 4. 见彩图 4。 |
12. | [c] （印刷用的）印版，图版a sheet of metal, plastic, etc. that has been treated so that words or pictures can be printed from it |
a printing plate 印版 |
13. | [c] （玻璃、金属等）底片，感光板a thin sheet of glass, metal, etc. that is covered with chemicals so that it reacts to light and can form an image, used in larger or older cameras |
14. | [c] 假牙托；托牙板；假牙床a thin piece of plastic with wire or artificial teeth attached to it which fits inside your mouth in order to make your teeth straight |
15. | [sing] 奉献盘；捐款盘a flat dish that is used to collect money from people in a church |
