tray
Word family nountrayfultraymobiletray
Daily life
ldoce_339_etray /treɪ/ ●●○ S3 noun [countableC] → trait1 
Da flat piece of plastic, metal, or wood, with raised edges, used for carrying things such as plates, food etc 盘，托盘
Da flat piece of plastic, metal, or wood, with raised edges, used for carrying things such as plates, food etc 盘，托盘 The waiter brought drinks on a tray.
服务员用托盘端来饮料。
2 Ba flat open container with three sides used for holding papers, documents etc on a desk 〔办公桌上存放文件等的〕公文盘，格子
in tray (=for holding documents you still have to deal with) 〔放置待处理文件的〕收文盘
out tray (=for holding documents you have dealt with) 〔放置已处理文件的〕发文盘
3 especially British EnglishBrE a flat open container with four sides used for holding certain things 〔各种用途的〕浅盘
→ baking tray, system tray a cat litter tray
猫砂盘
seed tray (=a tray in which you plant seeds) 育苗盘
Examples from the Corpus
tray• The door opened and Jenkins entered carrying a tray.• We had tomato soup for dinner, followed by roast beef and sago pudding, served airline-style on a tray.• She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.• Water Grill's dessert tray beckons!• If bulbs look shrivelled when unpacked, immerse in trays of damp peat until plumped out.• There are many more, including wheelchairs, sticks, commodes, special non-slip trays, and bath seats.• The tray was heavy with food and drinks.
seed tray• Because polyanthus are more difficult to germinate, start them off in seed trays or pots in a greenhouse or cold frame.• Use a small split cane the width of the seed tray to make a series of depressions in the levelled compost.
Old English trig, treg