plate

dish, plate

名词 plate:

1. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
   同义词：home plate, home base, home
3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
5. the quantity contained in a plate
   同义词：plateful
6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
   同义词：crustal plate
7. the thin under portion of the forequarter
8. a main course served on a plate
9. any flat platelike body structure or part
10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
    同义词：photographic plate
12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
    同义词：collection plate
14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
    同义词：scale, shell
15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
    同义词：denture, dental plate

动词 plate:

1. coat with a layer of metal

1. He put the apples on a round plate.
   他把苹果放在一个圆盘子里。
2. The hot plate may spoil the varnish on the table.
   这只热盘子会损坏桌面的光泽。
3. The plate is kept in a locked cupboard.
   圣餐具放在有锁的橱里。
4. This basin is only plate so it's not very valuable.
   这个盆子是镀金金属的，所以不太值钱。
5. His plate was piled high with rice.
   他的盘子里盛满了米饭。
6. The doctor inserted a steel plate into his damaged leg.
   医生在他受伤的腿中植入了一块钢板。

plate

n.（名词）
A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness.
片：光滑的，平整的，比较薄的，均匀厚度的硬物体

A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal.
金属板：锻造、轧制，或铸造而成的金属板
A very thin applied or deposited coat of metal.
薄板：很薄的应用的或沉淀的一层金属

A flat piece of metal forming part of a machine:
锅炉板：构成机器一个部件的金属平板：
例句：
a boiler plate.
锅炉板

A flat piece of metal on which something is engraved.
金属板面：可在上面雕刻的金属平片

A thin piece of metal used for armor.
铁板：用于制作铠甲的薄金属片
Armor made of such pieces.
铠甲：用薄金属片制成的铠甲
Abbr. pl.Printing
缩写 pl.【印刷术】
A sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, paperboard, or other material prepared for use as a printing surface, such as an electrotype or a stereotype.
印刷版面：准备用作印刷表面的一片金属，塑料，橡胶，纸板或其它材料，例如电版或铅版
A print of a woodcut, lithograph, or other engraved material, especially when reproduced in a book.
铅版：木刻，平版或其它雕刻材料的印模，尤指在书中复制时的印版
A full-page book illustration, often in color and printed on paper different from that used on the text pages.
彩色插图：书的整页图解，经常为彩色，印刷在与印刷正文页材料不同的纸张上
Abbr. pl.Photography A light-sensitive sheet of glass or metal on which a photographic image can be recorded.
缩写 pl.【摄影术】 感光版：在其上能记录摄影图像的一片感光玻璃或金属
Dentistry A thin metallic or plastic support fitted to the gums to anchor artificial teeth.
【牙科学】 假牙托：安装在牙床上固定假牙的薄金属或塑料支持物
Architecture In wood-frame construction, a horizontal member, capping the exterior wall studs, upon which the roof rafters rest.
【建筑学】 横木：木结构建筑物中覆盖外墙壁骨的水平构件，屋横椽被支撑在它的上面
Baseball Home plate.
【棒球】 本垒板

A shallow dish in which food is served or from which it is eaten.
盘子：上食物或用来吃食物的浅盘子
The contents of such a dish:
一盘食物：盘子里所盛放的东西：
例句：
ate a plate of spaghetti.
吃一盘圆条面

A whole course served on such a dish.
全餐：放在盘子中的整个一道菜
Service and food for one person at a meal:
一人份的餐点：一顿饭中提供给一个人的服务或所吃的食品：
例句：
dinner at a set price per plate.
以人头计算的晚餐

Household articles, such as hollowware, covered with a precious metal, such as silver or gold.
家庭日用品：用贵金属，如银或金覆盖的家用物品，如凹形器皿
A dish passed among the members of a group or congregation for the collection of offerings.
奉献盘：在一群人中传递的用于收集捐献物的盘子
Sports
【体育运动】
A dish, cup, or other article of silver or gold offered as a prize.
奖杯：作为奖品授予的银的或金的盘，杯或其它物品
A contest, especially a horserace, offering such a prize.
体育奖杯赛：授予这样一个奖杯的竞赛，尤指赛马
A thin cut of beef from the brisket.
牛的下部胸肉：牛胸部的一片薄肉
Anatomy Zoology
【解剖学】 【动物学】
A thin, flat layer or scale, as that of a fish.
外表组织：薄而平的一层或鳞状物，如鱼鳞
A platelike part, organ, or structure, such as that covering some reptiles.
板形器官：片状的零件，器官或结构，例如覆盖在某些爬行动物身上的鳞甲
Electricity
【电学】
An electrode, as in a storage battery or capacitor.
极板：蓄电池或电容器中的电极
The anode in an electron tube.
阳极：电子管中的阳极
Geology In the theory of plate tectonics, one of the sections into which the earth`s crust is divided and that is in constant motion relative to other plates, which are also in motion.
【地质学】 板块：在板块构造地质学理论中地壳被划分的几部分之一，它相对于其它板块处于持续的运动中，同时其它板块也在运动
v.tr.（及物动词）
plat.ed,plat.ing,plates
To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal.
覆盖：用一薄层金属涂层或覆盖
To cover with armor plate:
覆以钢板：用铠甲覆盖：
例句：
plate a warship.
给军舰包装甲

Printing To make a stereotype or electrotype from.
【印刷术】 制版：从…制铅版或电版
To give a glossy finish to (paper) by pressing between metal sheets or rollers.
电镀：通过金属板或滚筒之间的挤压给（纸）抛光

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [from feminine of] plat [flat]
源自 古法语 [] 源自plat的阴性词 [平坦的]
from Vulgar Latin *plattus
源自 俗拉丁语 *plattus
from Greek platus * see plat-
源自 希腊语 platus *参见 plat-

【引伸】
plat.er
n.（名词）