plate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve food from -- 盘子，碟子

  • paper/plastic/china plates 纸／塑料／瓷盘子

  • a dinner/salad plate 餐盘／色拉盘

  • clean/dirty plates 干净／脏盘子

  • There's still lots of food on your plate. 你的盘子里还有很多食物。

  • Stephen ate three plates of spaghetti. 斯蒂芬吃了3盘意大利面条。

• 1 a flat piece of something that is hard and does not bend -- 平板；板条；板材

  • Thick bony plates protected the dinosaur against attack. 厚厚的骨质鳞甲帮助恐龙抵御攻击。

  • The ship's deck is composed of steel plates. 该船的甲板由钢板构成。

• 2 a picture, especially in colour, in a book -- （书籍的）插图，彩色插图

  • The three birds differ in small features (see Plate 4). 这3只鸟的细微特征有区别（见插图4）。

• 3 informal for home plate -- （棒球运动中的）本垒板（home plate的非正式说法）

• 4 ordinary metal with a layer of another metal on top -- 表面有镀层的金属制品

  • The knives and forks are silver plate. 这些刀叉是镀银的。

  • The thieves got away with a large quantity of church plate. 小偷盗走了教堂中大量的餐具。

• 5 to cover a metal object with a thin layer of another metal, especially gold or silver -- 镀上；用（金、银等）覆镀

  • We normally plate the car handles with nickel and then chrome. 我们通常先用镍再用铬来镀汽车的拉手。