Definition of platter in English:

platter

noun ˈplatəˈplædər

1A large flat dish or plate for serving food.
大浅盘（常用金属或木头做成，用于端食物）
with modifier arrange the fruit on a serving platter
Example sentencesExamples
- Decorative serving platters also make great presents for the culinarily gifted.
- While that's going on, put the bread bowl on a serving platter or an oversized plate, and artlessly arrange the bread chunks around it.
- Along with elaborate vessels and sculpted creatures, Diakite creates platters, plates, bowls, and a variety of other forms that are sold as both functional objects and works of art.
- Isaiah reached for a serving platter, glancing down the table at Tara.
- Waitresses were running with platters and plates and drinks, one was making another pot of coffee, another was pouring coffee up and down the line.
- Select foods that can be served cold or at room temperature and that can be served family style on large platters for quick serving.
- She picked up a plate and dished up food from the platters that Aidan had set on the blue tile covered buffet in the center of the kitchen.
- She watched for a while, thinking, then tripped down to the kitchen, whipped up a pitcher of iced lemonade, and arranged it on a serving platter with several glasses.
- Here, candlelight transforms the plainest dish until our platters glitter like the wish for love and bliss.
- They smelled heavenly as she put them on a serving platter.
- Donovan and Darius sprang to life, scooping food onto their plates before passing the platters and dishes to their father.
- Frilled ones can even be used to decorate a serving platter.
- Arrange the fish on a serving platter, and pour the remaining saffron water over the fish.
- Carrie also posts notes on serving bowls and platters to designate which goes with each recipe.
- This consisted of eight soup plates, eight platters, eight dinner plates, two soup tureens with lids, two meat plates, twelve tea plates, two gravy boats, two milk jugs, two sugar bowls, one teapot and six coffee cups.
- Frederick has already started to produce his Christmas line of serving dishes, platters, bowls and teacups, which will be on sale at the open studio.
- She began arranging the pears on a serving platter.
- Paul lifted the lid off his serving platter to reveal huge pieces of breaded pork covered in sweet-and-sour sauce on a bed of freshly steamed white rice.
- The serving platter was piled high with big chunks of pork bone - I couldn't figure out exactly where on the pig they came from, though some of the pieces looked suspiciously like vertebrae.
- Left at the foot of her bed was a large platter with a dish of rice, a plate of sushi, a bowl of soup, a portion of mixed cooked vegetables, a cup of dipping sauce and a goblet of mineral water.
Synonyms
plate, dish, serving plate, serving dish, salver, tray
Scottish &amp Northern English ashet
archaic charger, trencher
rare paten
1. 1.1 A quantity of food served on a platter.
  一大浅盘的食物
  huge platters of cooked meat
  大盘大盘的熟肉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In this hot weather I'd go for platters of food that requires little or no preparation or cooking.
  Ms. Bing and I asked for help distributing the platters of cookies, fruit, napkins, plates and cups of lemonade.
  Long wooden tables were laden with goblets of ale and platters of meats, fruits, cheeses, and breads.
  There was a roasted pig, live chickens, platters of Chinese biscuits, fruit, alcohol and so much food!
  At the feast there was every kind of steamed vegetable imagined, there were even platters of cheese!
  Here guests play a big role, setting out potluck platters of finger foods.
  Several long tables, covered with colorful tablecloths, were heaped with bowls of fruit, platters of meat, sheets of cake, all generously garnished.
  There would also be platters of fruit and other extras provided in rooms.
  Thus we hear of her first cheeseburger, the intimidations of Brie and Camembert served at Bryn Mawr, heaping platters of food passed at a black church, dysentery on a honeymoon in Mexico.
  We were served platters of Marco Polo meat and treated like visiting dignitaries, then informed we were going to prison.
  Beside them, the table groaned under the weight of heaping platters of food.
  An adjoining reception area is festooned with lights and full of platters of cheese.
  Instead we arrange the platters of food and remove bread from the oven and fill cups with grape juice and wine.
  There were mounds of cakes and rolls, platters of sliced meat, heaps of vegetables both raw and cooked (the latter still steaming), huge bowls full of rice.
  But for most of the night I sulked and pouted because I couldn't get stuck into the free flowing Leeuwin wines and the abundant platters of Margaret River cheeses.
  Athough it wasn't what I was expecting - having seen platters of dark grilled meat pass by - it was nourishing and tasty.
  And when you're hauling platters of hot food, moving freely is the key to happiness.
  Indigenous people sit in the doorways weaving baskets or preparing small platters of fruit with the ubiquitous lime, salt and chilli for hungry passers-by.
  For the main course, platters of beef satay and chilled monkfish, stir-fried vegetables, jasmine rice, crispy roast duck and blackened cod will be served.
  There are platters of fruit with bright quartered oranges, slices of pink melon with glistening black seeds, and pieces of green kiwi fruit, yellow banana.
  Synonyms
  portion, helping, plateful, plate, bowlful
2. 1.2 A meal or selection of food placed on a platter, especially one served in a restaurant.
  （尤指餐馆中上的）一餐饭，一盘饭菜
  dinner was a bowl of soup and a cold platter
  晚餐有一碗汤和一个冷盘。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Crossover point is the seafood platter, served in the restaurant or on one of the frequent weekend barbecues (weather permitting).
  And it is often used to produce decorative effects on seafood platters.
  After 6.30 pm, they up the stakes, with some fine fresh shellfish platters, oysters and sushi to accompany your tipple.
  Everyone except Dominic was already in the dining room, milling about, talking, as they waited to uncover the cold food platters.
  Delightful Kitchen Diva Ann Browne served up cold platters all during the day that were a joy to savour.
  You certainly have to tackle them at the beginning of your seafood platter, you never go back to them after the prawns and the langoustines and the crab - all of which, here, were fine.
  The cooks outdid themselves with all manner of sandwiches, cold cut platters, salads and other goodies shipped and stowed just for the occasion.
  Charcuterie platters are best washed down with a dark German lager or dunkel.
  For starters, a selection of fresh sushi and sashimi platters are offered.
  The great food runs from burgers, steaks and grilled shrimp to blue cheese platters, while drinks include bottles of Veuve and shimmering glasses of pink Cosmopolitans.
  Today was Friday, that means the cafeteria was serving fruit platters for lunch.
  The meze platter at Stars is just one of those powerhouse bar items.
  Sushi platters are served by the dashing staff and music is an eclectic mix of ambient sounds that have probably been pre-approved by the owners.
  Order a seafood platter for 2 and eat it in the lovely garden that leads down to the cliff's edge.
  Just 50 yards from the sea, the place has a jolly atmosphere, with lots of families tucking into enormous seafood platters.
  The sushi platter isn't bad and the atmosphere is right out of Starsky & Hutch meets Soul Train.
  We wrestled gamely with all this grub, but when the big beef platters hit the table, a few weaker souls (my wife, and the Englishwoman) threw in the towel.
  We always have some food and actually the platters we did have were very good value for huge amounts of food.
  We went for lunch, which consisted of an assorted platter of fried seafood in the café part of the restaurant.
  Food is freshly cooked and carefully presented: Mrs Kearsley's crab salad platter, seafood chowder with aïoli, and roasted John Dory or chorizo with red wine sauce.
2The rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player.
（录音机）转盘
Example sentencesExamples
- Fewer platters are mechanically desirable because it reduces noise and vibrations; the mass the spindle has to move is smaller, and problems aligning the heads are less likely.
- Jeck's endlessly rotating platters, like the whirr of moving film, serve as a constant reminder of the time-based nature of the medium.
- And, should their turntables survive what could very well be the very first punk band ever, it'll survive anything thrown onto the platter after The Sonics.
- The hub upon which the platter was mounted was phosphor bronze, and weighed an additional 17 pounds.
- The smaller disc platters also inherently make less noise.
- She then looked upon the top of the box to observe that a shaft next to the black platter held a metal arm that ended in a round disc made of metal and glass from which a needle stuck out.
1. 2.1dated, informal A record.
  his son's fascination with a Jimi Hendrix collection prompted him to dig out some old platters
  Example sentencesExamples
  It started with a few scratchy 45s that an aunt had bestowed on me as an alternative to throwing the precious platters in the direction of a Blue Peter bring-and-buy sale.
  There's no doubt that these young men have been known to pilfer the Gang of Four platters at their local record emporium yet once home have decided to stick with their ‘Dirk wears white sox’ era Adam and the Ants gear.
  Sounds Eclectic 3 is a good sampler platter of what's been going on in music over the past few years.
  Visitors to this year's Spring Scream, which starts next Friday, might want to check out the sampler platter of punk bands from People's Records, a Japanese label based out of Beijing.
  Right now I'm chilling with Jurassic 5, and Tool primarily, but I've been dusting off my old Public Enemy platters.
  The Chemical Brother's new platter, Come With Us, isn't going to help the situation any.
  Shined Nickels and Loose Change, the Rondelles' debut platter, is about as indie as you wanna get.
  As a longtime lover of Kelly's work, I've been dying to hear this platter for decades.
  But I've heard and ingested a lot of the heavyweights, and this intense platter even knocks them out.
  Like its counterpart on the other side of the platter, this audio track is very weak and also seems to have a subtle hum in the background.
2. 2.2Computing A rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk (considered as a physical object).
  〔计算机〕磁盘；硬盘
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the different colored bits scroll by on the hard drive platter, you need to quickly read them in the correct order before you suffer a buffer underflow.
  The design team solved the issue of thermal heat by using a disc platter that was reduced to a size of 2.5 in. or 65 millimeters in diameter.
  Typically, up to five magnetic storage discs, known as platters, are used.
  Hard disks have platters that spin at very high speeds these days, and optical drives like DVD and CD units generate noise too.
  A hard drop creates a shock that can cause the heads to slap against the hard drive's platter - pieces of the head can be scattered in the drive, and a microscopic dent can be left on the platter.

Phrases

on a (silver) platter

informal Used to indicate that someone receives or achieves something with little or no effort.
〈非正式〉毫不费力地，轻而易举地
they certainly don't give everything to you on a silver platter
Example sentencesExamples
- The young already have a terrible problem with entitlement - they all seem to believe that life's riches should come handed to them on a silver platter and that work is for morons.
- A great achiever, Dr Kalam says that success does not come on a platter.
- Do they expect us to surrender our lives on a silver platter?
- The opportunity to overthrow the Labour budget was handed to them on a silver platter and they lacked the courage to accept it.
- But the press wasn't interested in making it happen, even though Dean was serving up the chance on a silver platter.
- ‘Students think they can have their education handed to them on a silver platter,’ Tarragon said.
- This time, he followed it up with a better-thought out statement which, really, handed the Republicans an attack on a silver platter.
- In an age where most Bollywood stars would kill for a role in a Hollywood film, the opportunity has come on a platter for Satish Kaushik.
- He has handed it on a silver platter to the sporting public in the UK that even those in Wales and Scotland dismissive of silver spoons and mad dogs and Englishmen, can't fail to warm to.
- You couldn't give me either collection on a silver platter, but they obviously mean something to the collector and I respect that.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat 'large dish' (see plate).

plate from Middle English:
A plate first described a flat, thin sheet, usually made of metal. It goes back, via medieval Latin plata ‘plate armour’, to Greek platus ‘flat’. Plate as in dinner plate is from the Old French form, plat which meant both platter (ME from the same source) ‘large dish’, and ‘dish of meat’. Plateau (late 18th century) is from Old French platel, a ‘little plate’. Platform (mid 16th century) is from French plateforme ‘ground plan’ (literally ‘flat shape’), and platitude (early 19th century) is from plat in the sense of a dull, flat form of expression. Early explorers of Australia found they had to find names for many new animals. They turned to local languages for some names (see kangaroo), but for others they invented new Latin and Greek terms as in the duck-billed platypus. The name given to the animal by George Shaw in 1799 in his Naturalist's Miscellany and is a Latinate form of the Greek platupous ‘flat-footed’ formed from platus and pous ‘foot’, describing the shape of its large, webbed feet. See also plain

Rhymes

attar, batter, bespatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, patter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, yatter

Definition of platter in US English:

platter

nounˈpladərˈplædər

1A large flat dish or plate, typically oval or circular in shape, used for serving food.
大浅盘（常用金属或木头做成，用于端食物）
Example sentencesExamples
- The serving platter was piled high with big chunks of pork bone - I couldn't figure out exactly where on the pig they came from, though some of the pieces looked suspiciously like vertebrae.
- Frederick has already started to produce his Christmas line of serving dishes, platters, bowls and teacups, which will be on sale at the open studio.
- Paul lifted the lid off his serving platter to reveal huge pieces of breaded pork covered in sweet-and-sour sauce on a bed of freshly steamed white rice.
- Arrange the fish on a serving platter, and pour the remaining saffron water over the fish.
- Waitresses were running with platters and plates and drinks, one was making another pot of coffee, another was pouring coffee up and down the line.
- Decorative serving platters also make great presents for the culinarily gifted.
- Donovan and Darius sprang to life, scooping food onto their plates before passing the platters and dishes to their father.
- She began arranging the pears on a serving platter.
- Carrie also posts notes on serving bowls and platters to designate which goes with each recipe.
- While that's going on, put the bread bowl on a serving platter or an oversized plate, and artlessly arrange the bread chunks around it.
- They smelled heavenly as she put them on a serving platter.
- Along with elaborate vessels and sculpted creatures, Diakite creates platters, plates, bowls, and a variety of other forms that are sold as both functional objects and works of art.
- Select foods that can be served cold or at room temperature and that can be served family style on large platters for quick serving.
- Left at the foot of her bed was a large platter with a dish of rice, a plate of sushi, a bowl of soup, a portion of mixed cooked vegetables, a cup of dipping sauce and a goblet of mineral water.
- Frilled ones can even be used to decorate a serving platter.
- Isaiah reached for a serving platter, glancing down the table at Tara.
- She picked up a plate and dished up food from the platters that Aidan had set on the blue tile covered buffet in the center of the kitchen.
- This consisted of eight soup plates, eight platters, eight dinner plates, two soup tureens with lids, two meat plates, twelve tea plates, two gravy boats, two milk jugs, two sugar bowls, one teapot and six coffee cups.
- She watched for a while, thinking, then tripped down to the kitchen, whipped up a pitcher of iced lemonade, and arranged it on a serving platter with several glasses.
- Here, candlelight transforms the plainest dish until our platters glitter like the wish for love and bliss.
Synonyms
plate, dish, serving plate, serving dish, salver, tray
1. 1.1 A quantity of food served on a platter.
  一大浅盘的食物
  huge platters of cold cuts
  大盘大盘的熟肉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are platters of fruit with bright quartered oranges, slices of pink melon with glistening black seeds, and pieces of green kiwi fruit, yellow banana.
  Several long tables, covered with colorful tablecloths, were heaped with bowls of fruit, platters of meat, sheets of cake, all generously garnished.
  In this hot weather I'd go for platters of food that requires little or no preparation or cooking.
  We were served platters of Marco Polo meat and treated like visiting dignitaries, then informed we were going to prison.
  For the main course, platters of beef satay and chilled monkfish, stir-fried vegetables, jasmine rice, crispy roast duck and blackened cod will be served.
  An adjoining reception area is festooned with lights and full of platters of cheese.
  But for most of the night I sulked and pouted because I couldn't get stuck into the free flowing Leeuwin wines and the abundant platters of Margaret River cheeses.
  Ms. Bing and I asked for help distributing the platters of cookies, fruit, napkins, plates and cups of lemonade.
  At the feast there was every kind of steamed vegetable imagined, there were even platters of cheese!
  Here guests play a big role, setting out potluck platters of finger foods.
  Long wooden tables were laden with goblets of ale and platters of meats, fruits, cheeses, and breads.
  Instead we arrange the platters of food and remove bread from the oven and fill cups with grape juice and wine.
  Beside them, the table groaned under the weight of heaping platters of food.
  Thus we hear of her first cheeseburger, the intimidations of Brie and Camembert served at Bryn Mawr, heaping platters of food passed at a black church, dysentery on a honeymoon in Mexico.
  Athough it wasn't what I was expecting - having seen platters of dark grilled meat pass by - it was nourishing and tasty.
  Indigenous people sit in the doorways weaving baskets or preparing small platters of fruit with the ubiquitous lime, salt and chilli for hungry passers-by.
  There would also be platters of fruit and other extras provided in rooms.
  There was a roasted pig, live chickens, platters of Chinese biscuits, fruit, alcohol and so much food!
  And when you're hauling platters of hot food, moving freely is the key to happiness.
  There were mounds of cakes and rolls, platters of sliced meat, heaps of vegetables both raw and cooked (the latter still steaming), huge bowls full of rice.
  Synonyms
  portion, helping, plateful, plate, bowlful
2. 1.2 A meal or selection of food placed on a platter, especially one served in a restaurant.
  （尤指餐馆中上的）一餐饭，一盘饭菜
  I'll have the seafood platter
  Example sentencesExamples
  We went for lunch, which consisted of an assorted platter of fried seafood in the café part of the restaurant.
  And it is often used to produce decorative effects on seafood platters.
  We always have some food and actually the platters we did have were very good value for huge amounts of food.
  For starters, a selection of fresh sushi and sashimi platters are offered.
  Charcuterie platters are best washed down with a dark German lager or dunkel.
  After 6.30 pm, they up the stakes, with some fine fresh shellfish platters, oysters and sushi to accompany your tipple.
  Sushi platters are served by the dashing staff and music is an eclectic mix of ambient sounds that have probably been pre-approved by the owners.
  We wrestled gamely with all this grub, but when the big beef platters hit the table, a few weaker souls (my wife, and the Englishwoman) threw in the towel.
  You certainly have to tackle them at the beginning of your seafood platter, you never go back to them after the prawns and the langoustines and the crab - all of which, here, were fine.
  The sushi platter isn't bad and the atmosphere is right out of Starsky & Hutch meets Soul Train.
  Food is freshly cooked and carefully presented: Mrs Kearsley's crab salad platter, seafood chowder with aïoli, and roasted John Dory or chorizo with red wine sauce.
  Everyone except Dominic was already in the dining room, milling about, talking, as they waited to uncover the cold food platters.
  Order a seafood platter for 2 and eat it in the lovely garden that leads down to the cliff's edge.
  Delightful Kitchen Diva Ann Browne served up cold platters all during the day that were a joy to savour.
  The great food runs from burgers, steaks and grilled shrimp to blue cheese platters, while drinks include bottles of Veuve and shimmering glasses of pink Cosmopolitans.
  The meze platter at Stars is just one of those powerhouse bar items.
  The cooks outdid themselves with all manner of sandwiches, cold cut platters, salads and other goodies shipped and stowed just for the occasion.
  Crossover point is the seafood platter, served in the restaurant or on one of the frequent weekend barbecues (weather permitting).
  Just 50 yards from the sea, the place has a jolly atmosphere, with lots of families tucking into enormous seafood platters.
  Today was Friday, that means the cafeteria was serving fruit platters for lunch.
2The rotating metal disk forming the turntable of a record player.
（录音机）转盘
Example sentencesExamples
- The smaller disc platters also inherently make less noise.
- Jeck's endlessly rotating platters, like the whirr of moving film, serve as a constant reminder of the time-based nature of the medium.
- She then looked upon the top of the box to observe that a shaft next to the black platter held a metal arm that ended in a round disc made of metal and glass from which a needle stuck out.
- And, should their turntables survive what could very well be the very first punk band ever, it'll survive anything thrown onto the platter after The Sonics.
- The hub upon which the platter was mounted was phosphor bronze, and weighed an additional 17 pounds.
- Fewer platters are mechanically desirable because it reduces noise and vibrations; the mass the spindle has to move is smaller, and problems aligning the heads are less likely.
1. 2.1dated, informal A phonograph record.
  〈非正式，旧〉（留声机）唱片
  Example sentencesExamples
  Right now I'm chilling with Jurassic 5, and Tool primarily, but I've been dusting off my old Public Enemy platters.
  Sounds Eclectic 3 is a good sampler platter of what's been going on in music over the past few years.
  There's no doubt that these young men have been known to pilfer the Gang of Four platters at their local record emporium yet once home have decided to stick with their ‘Dirk wears white sox’ era Adam and the Ants gear.
  Like its counterpart on the other side of the platter, this audio track is very weak and also seems to have a subtle hum in the background.
  But I've heard and ingested a lot of the heavyweights, and this intense platter even knocks them out.
  It started with a few scratchy 45s that an aunt had bestowed on me as an alternative to throwing the precious platters in the direction of a Blue Peter bring-and-buy sale.
  Shined Nickels and Loose Change, the Rondelles' debut platter, is about as indie as you wanna get.
  Visitors to this year's Spring Scream, which starts next Friday, might want to check out the sampler platter of punk bands from People's Records, a Japanese label based out of Beijing.
  The Chemical Brother's new platter, Come With Us, isn't going to help the situation any.
  As a longtime lover of Kelly's work, I've been dying to hear this platter for decades.
2. 2.2Computing A rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk (considered as a physical object).
  〔计算机〕磁盘；硬盘
  Example sentencesExamples
  A hard drop creates a shock that can cause the heads to slap against the hard drive's platter - pieces of the head can be scattered in the drive, and a microscopic dent can be left on the platter.
  Hard disks have platters that spin at very high speeds these days, and optical drives like DVD and CD units generate noise too.
  The design team solved the issue of thermal heat by using a disc platter that was reduced to a size of 2.5 in. or 65 millimeters in diameter.
  As the different colored bits scroll by on the hard drive platter, you need to quickly read them in the correct order before you suffer a buffer underflow.
  Typically, up to five magnetic storage discs, known as platters, are used.

Phrases

on a (silver) platter

informal Used to indicate that someone receives or achieves something with little or no effort.
〈非正式〉毫不费力地，轻而易举地
you're being offered this opportunity on a silver platter
Example sentencesExamples
- But the press wasn't interested in making it happen, even though Dean was serving up the chance on a silver platter.
- A great achiever, Dr Kalam says that success does not come on a platter.
- In an age where most Bollywood stars would kill for a role in a Hollywood film, the opportunity has come on a platter for Satish Kaushik.
- He has handed it on a silver platter to the sporting public in the UK that even those in Wales and Scotland dismissive of silver spoons and mad dogs and Englishmen, can't fail to warm to.
- ‘Students think they can have their education handed to them on a silver platter,’ Tarragon said.
- The young already have a terrible problem with entitlement - they all seem to believe that life's riches should come handed to them on a silver platter and that work is for morons.
- The opportunity to overthrow the Labour budget was handed to them on a silver platter and they lacked the courage to accept it.
- This time, he followed it up with a better-thought out statement which, really, handed the Republicans an attack on a silver platter.
- Do they expect us to surrender our lives on a silver platter?
- You couldn't give me either collection on a silver platter, but they obviously mean something to the collector and I respect that.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat ‘large dish’ (see plate).

单词	platter
释义	Definition of platter in English: platter noun ˈplatəˈplædər 1A large flat dish or plate for serving food. 大浅盘（常用金属或木头做成，用于端食物） with modifier arrange the fruit on a serving platter Example sentencesExamples Decorative serving platters also make great presents for the culinarily gifted. While that's going on, put the bread bowl on a serving platter or an oversized plate, and artlessly arrange the bread chunks around it. Along with elaborate vessels and sculpted creatures, Diakite creates platters, plates, bowls, and a variety of other forms that are sold as both functional objects and works of art. Isaiah reached for a serving platter, glancing down the table at Tara. Waitresses were running with platters and plates and drinks, one was making another pot of coffee, another was pouring coffee up and down the line. Select foods that can be served cold or at room temperature and that can be served family style on large platters for quick serving. She picked up a plate and dished up food from the platters that Aidan had set on the blue tile covered buffet in the center of the kitchen. She watched for a while, thinking, then tripped down to the kitchen, whipped up a pitcher of iced lemonade, and arranged it on a serving platter with several glasses. Here, candlelight transforms the plainest dish until our platters glitter like the wish for love and bliss. They smelled heavenly as she put them on a serving platter. Donovan and Darius sprang to life, scooping food onto their plates before passing the platters and dishes to their father. Frilled ones can even be used to decorate a serving platter. Arrange the fish on a serving platter, and pour the remaining saffron water over the fish. Carrie also posts notes on serving bowls and platters to designate which goes with each recipe. This consisted of eight soup plates, eight platters, eight dinner plates, two soup tureens with lids, two meat plates, twelve tea plates, two gravy boats, two milk jugs, two sugar bowls, one teapot and six coffee cups. Frederick has already started to produce his Christmas line of serving dishes, platters, bowls and teacups, which will be on sale at the open studio. She began arranging the pears on a serving platter. Paul lifted the lid off his serving platter to reveal huge pieces of breaded pork covered in sweet-and-sour sauce on a bed of freshly steamed white rice. The serving platter was piled high with big chunks of pork bone - I couldn't figure out exactly where on the pig they came from, though some of the pieces looked suspiciously like vertebrae. Left at the foot of her bed was a large platter with a dish of rice, a plate of sushi, a bowl of soup, a portion of mixed cooked vegetables, a cup of dipping sauce and a goblet of mineral water. Synonyms plate, dish, serving plate, serving dish, salver, tray Scottish &amp Northern English ashet archaic charger, trencher rare paten 1.1 A quantity of food served on a platter. 一大浅盘的食物 huge platters of cooked meat 大盘大盘的熟肉。 Example sentencesExamples In this hot weather I'd go for platters of food that requires little or no preparation or cooking. Ms. Bing and I asked for help distributing the platters of cookies, fruit, napkins, plates and cups of lemonade. Long wooden tables were laden with goblets of ale and platters of meats, fruits, cheeses, and breads. There was a roasted pig, live chickens, platters of Chinese biscuits, fruit, alcohol and so much food! At the feast there was every kind of steamed vegetable imagined, there were even platters of cheese! Here guests play a big role, setting out potluck platters of finger foods. Several long tables, covered with colorful tablecloths, were heaped with bowls of fruit, platters of meat, sheets of cake, all generously garnished. There would also be platters of fruit and other extras provided in rooms. Thus we hear of her first cheeseburger, the intimidations of Brie and Camembert served at Bryn Mawr, heaping platters of food passed at a black church, dysentery on a honeymoon in Mexico. We were served platters of Marco Polo meat and treated like visiting dignitaries, then informed we were going to prison. Beside them, the table groaned under the weight of heaping platters of food. An adjoining reception area is festooned with lights and full of platters of cheese. Instead we arrange the platters of food and remove bread from the oven and fill cups with grape juice and wine. There were mounds of cakes and rolls, platters of sliced meat, heaps of vegetables both raw and cooked (the latter still steaming), huge bowls full of rice. But for most of the night I sulked and pouted because I couldn't get stuck into the free flowing Leeuwin wines and the abundant platters of Margaret River cheeses. Athough it wasn't what I was expecting - having seen platters of dark grilled meat pass by - it was nourishing and tasty. And when you're hauling platters of hot food, moving freely is the key to happiness. Indigenous people sit in the doorways weaving baskets or preparing small platters of fruit with the ubiquitous lime, salt and chilli for hungry passers-by. For the main course, platters of beef satay and chilled monkfish, stir-fried vegetables, jasmine rice, crispy roast duck and blackened cod will be served. There are platters of fruit with bright quartered oranges, slices of pink melon with glistening black seeds, and pieces of green kiwi fruit, yellow banana. Synonyms portion, helping, plateful, plate, bowlful 1.2 A meal or selection of food placed on a platter, especially one served in a restaurant. （尤指餐馆中上的）一餐饭，一盘饭菜 dinner was a bowl of soup and a cold platter 晚餐有一碗汤和一个冷盘。 Example sentencesExamples Crossover point is the seafood platter, served in the restaurant or on one of the frequent weekend barbecues (weather permitting). And it is often used to produce decorative effects on seafood platters. After 6.30 pm, they up the stakes, with some fine fresh shellfish platters, oysters and sushi to accompany your tipple. Everyone except Dominic was already in the dining room, milling about, talking, as they waited to uncover the cold food platters. Delightful Kitchen Diva Ann Browne served up cold platters all during the day that were a joy to savour. You certainly have to tackle them at the beginning of your seafood platter, you never go back to them after the prawns and the langoustines and the crab - all of which, here, were fine. The cooks outdid themselves with all manner of sandwiches, cold cut platters, salads and other goodies shipped and stowed just for the occasion. Charcuterie platters are best washed down with a dark German lager or dunkel. For starters, a selection of fresh sushi and sashimi platters are offered. The great food runs from burgers, steaks and grilled shrimp to blue cheese platters, while drinks include bottles of Veuve and shimmering glasses of pink Cosmopolitans. Today was Friday, that means the cafeteria was serving fruit platters for lunch. The meze platter at Stars is just one of those powerhouse bar items. Sushi platters are served by the dashing staff and music is an eclectic mix of ambient sounds that have probably been pre-approved by the owners. Order a seafood platter for 2 and eat it in the lovely garden that leads down to the cliff's edge. Just 50 yards from the sea, the place has a jolly atmosphere, with lots of families tucking into enormous seafood platters. The sushi platter isn't bad and the atmosphere is right out of Starsky & Hutch meets Soul Train. We wrestled gamely with all this grub, but when the big beef platters hit the table, a few weaker souls (my wife, and the Englishwoman) threw in the towel. We always have some food and actually the platters we did have were very good value for huge amounts of food. We went for lunch, which consisted of an assorted platter of fried seafood in the café part of the restaurant. Food is freshly cooked and carefully presented: Mrs Kearsley's crab salad platter, seafood chowder with aïoli, and roasted John Dory or chorizo with red wine sauce. 2The rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player. （录音机）转盘 Example sentencesExamples Fewer platters are mechanically desirable because it reduces noise and vibrations; the mass the spindle has to move is smaller, and problems aligning the heads are less likely. Jeck's endlessly rotating platters, like the whirr of moving film, serve as a constant reminder of the time-based nature of the medium. And, should their turntables survive what could very well be the very first punk band ever, it'll survive anything thrown onto the platter after The Sonics. The hub upon which the platter was mounted was phosphor bronze, and weighed an additional 17 pounds. The smaller disc platters also inherently make less noise. She then looked upon the top of the box to observe that a shaft next to the black platter held a metal arm that ended in a round disc made of metal and glass from which a needle stuck out. 2.1dated, informal A record. his son's fascination with a Jimi Hendrix collection prompted him to dig out some old platters Example sentencesExamples It started with a few scratchy 45s that an aunt had bestowed on me as an alternative to throwing the precious platters in the direction of a Blue Peter bring-and-buy sale. There's no doubt that these young men have been known to pilfer the Gang of Four platters at their local record emporium yet once home have decided to stick with their ‘Dirk wears white sox’ era Adam and the Ants gear. Sounds Eclectic 3 is a good sampler platter of what's been going on in music over the past few years. Visitors to this year's Spring Scream, which starts next Friday, might want to check out the sampler platter of punk bands from People's Records, a Japanese label based out of Beijing. Right now I'm chilling with Jurassic 5, and Tool primarily, but I've been dusting off my old Public Enemy platters. The Chemical Brother's new platter, Come With Us, isn't going to help the situation any. Shined Nickels and Loose Change, the Rondelles' debut platter, is about as indie as you wanna get. As a longtime lover of Kelly's work, I've been dying to hear this platter for decades. But I've heard and ingested a lot of the heavyweights, and this intense platter even knocks them out. Like its counterpart on the other side of the platter, this audio track is very weak and also seems to have a subtle hum in the background. 2.2Computing A rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk (considered as a physical object). 〔计算机〕磁盘；硬盘 Example sentencesExamples As the different colored bits scroll by on the hard drive platter, you need to quickly read them in the correct order before you suffer a buffer underflow. The design team solved the issue of thermal heat by using a disc platter that was reduced to a size of 2.5 in. or 65 millimeters in diameter. Typically, up to five magnetic storage discs, known as platters, are used. Hard disks have platters that spin at very high speeds these days, and optical drives like DVD and CD units generate noise too. A hard drop creates a shock that can cause the heads to slap against the hard drive's platter - pieces of the head can be scattered in the drive, and a microscopic dent can be left on the platter. Phrases on a (silver) platter informal Used to indicate that someone receives or achieves something with little or no effort. 〈非正式〉毫不费力地，轻而易举地 they certainly don't give everything to you on a silver platter Example sentencesExamples The young already have a terrible problem with entitlement - they all seem to believe that life's riches should come handed to them on a silver platter and that work is for morons. A great achiever, Dr Kalam says that success does not come on a platter. Do they expect us to surrender our lives on a silver platter? The opportunity to overthrow the Labour budget was handed to them on a silver platter and they lacked the courage to accept it. But the press wasn't interested in making it happen, even though Dean was serving up the chance on a silver platter. ‘Students think they can have their education handed to them on a silver platter,’ Tarragon said. This time, he followed it up with a better-thought out statement which, really, handed the Republicans an attack on a silver platter. In an age where most Bollywood stars would kill for a role in a Hollywood film, the opportunity has come on a platter for Satish Kaushik. He has handed it on a silver platter to the sporting public in the UK that even those in Wales and Scotland dismissive of silver spoons and mad dogs and Englishmen, can't fail to warm to. You couldn't give me either collection on a silver platter, but they obviously mean something to the collector and I respect that. Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat 'large dish' (see plate). plate from Middle English: A plate first described a flat, thin sheet, usually made of metal. It goes back, via medieval Latin plata ‘plate armour’, to Greek platus ‘flat’. Plate as in dinner plate is from the Old French form, plat which meant both platter (ME from the same source) ‘large dish’, and ‘dish of meat’. Plateau (late 18th century) is from Old French platel, a ‘little plate’. Platform (mid 16th century) is from French plateforme ‘ground plan’ (literally ‘flat shape’), and platitude (early 19th century) is from plat in the sense of a dull, flat form of expression. Early explorers of Australia found they had to find names for many new animals. They turned to local languages for some names (see kangaroo), but for others they invented new Latin and Greek terms as in the duck-billed platypus. The name given to the animal by George Shaw in 1799 in his Naturalist's Miscellany and is a Latinate form of the Greek platupous ‘flat-footed’ formed from platus and pous ‘foot’, describing the shape of its large, webbed feet. See also plain Rhymes attar, batter, bespatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, patter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, yatter noun.1 phr. Definition of platter in US English: platter nounˈpladərˈplædər 1A large flat dish or plate, typically oval or circular in shape, used for serving food. 大浅盘（常用金属或木头做成，用于端食物） Example sentencesExamples The serving platter was piled high with big chunks of pork bone - I couldn't figure out exactly where on the pig they came from, though some of the pieces looked suspiciously like vertebrae. Frederick has already started to produce his Christmas line of serving dishes, platters, bowls and teacups, which will be on sale at the open studio. Paul lifted the lid off his serving platter to reveal huge pieces of breaded pork covered in sweet-and-sour sauce on a bed of freshly steamed white rice. Arrange the fish on a serving platter, and pour the remaining saffron water over the fish. Waitresses were running with platters and plates and drinks, one was making another pot of coffee, another was pouring coffee up and down the line. Decorative serving platters also make great presents for the culinarily gifted. Donovan and Darius sprang to life, scooping food onto their plates before passing the platters and dishes to their father. She began arranging the pears on a serving platter. Carrie also posts notes on serving bowls and platters to designate which goes with each recipe. While that's going on, put the bread bowl on a serving platter or an oversized plate, and artlessly arrange the bread chunks around it. They smelled heavenly as she put them on a serving platter. Along with elaborate vessels and sculpted creatures, Diakite creates platters, plates, bowls, and a variety of other forms that are sold as both functional objects and works of art. Select foods that can be served cold or at room temperature and that can be served family style on large platters for quick serving. Left at the foot of her bed was a large platter with a dish of rice, a plate of sushi, a bowl of soup, a portion of mixed cooked vegetables, a cup of dipping sauce and a goblet of mineral water. Frilled ones can even be used to decorate a serving platter. Isaiah reached for a serving platter, glancing down the table at Tara. She picked up a plate and dished up food from the platters that Aidan had set on the blue tile covered buffet in the center of the kitchen. This consisted of eight soup plates, eight platters, eight dinner plates, two soup tureens with lids, two meat plates, twelve tea plates, two gravy boats, two milk jugs, two sugar bowls, one teapot and six coffee cups. She watched for a while, thinking, then tripped down to the kitchen, whipped up a pitcher of iced lemonade, and arranged it on a serving platter with several glasses. Here, candlelight transforms the plainest dish until our platters glitter like the wish for love and bliss. Synonyms plate, dish, serving plate, serving dish, salver, tray 1.1 A quantity of food served on a platter. 一大浅盘的食物 huge platters of cold cuts 大盘大盘的熟肉。 Example sentencesExamples There are platters of fruit with bright quartered oranges, slices of pink melon with glistening black seeds, and pieces of green kiwi fruit, yellow banana. Several long tables, covered with colorful tablecloths, were heaped with bowls of fruit, platters of meat, sheets of cake, all generously garnished. In this hot weather I'd go for platters of food that requires little or no preparation or cooking. We were served platters of Marco Polo meat and treated like visiting dignitaries, then informed we were going to prison. For the main course, platters of beef satay and chilled monkfish, stir-fried vegetables, jasmine rice, crispy roast duck and blackened cod will be served. An adjoining reception area is festooned with lights and full of platters of cheese. But for most of the night I sulked and pouted because I couldn't get stuck into the free flowing Leeuwin wines and the abundant platters of Margaret River cheeses. Ms. Bing and I asked for help distributing the platters of cookies, fruit, napkins, plates and cups of lemonade. At the feast there was every kind of steamed vegetable imagined, there were even platters of cheese! Here guests play a big role, setting out potluck platters of finger foods. Long wooden tables were laden with goblets of ale and platters of meats, fruits, cheeses, and breads. Instead we arrange the platters of food and remove bread from the oven and fill cups with grape juice and wine. Beside them, the table groaned under the weight of heaping platters of food. Thus we hear of her first cheeseburger, the intimidations of Brie and Camembert served at Bryn Mawr, heaping platters of food passed at a black church, dysentery on a honeymoon in Mexico. Athough it wasn't what I was expecting - having seen platters of dark grilled meat pass by - it was nourishing and tasty. Indigenous people sit in the doorways weaving baskets or preparing small platters of fruit with the ubiquitous lime, salt and chilli for hungry passers-by. There would also be platters of fruit and other extras provided in rooms. There was a roasted pig, live chickens, platters of Chinese biscuits, fruit, alcohol and so much food! And when you're hauling platters of hot food, moving freely is the key to happiness. There were mounds of cakes and rolls, platters of sliced meat, heaps of vegetables both raw and cooked (the latter still steaming), huge bowls full of rice. Synonyms portion, helping, plateful, plate, bowlful 1.2 A meal or selection of food placed on a platter, especially one served in a restaurant. （尤指餐馆中上的）一餐饭，一盘饭菜 I'll have the seafood platter Example sentencesExamples We went for lunch, which consisted of an assorted platter of fried seafood in the café part of the restaurant. And it is often used to produce decorative effects on seafood platters. We always have some food and actually the platters we did have were very good value for huge amounts of food. For starters, a selection of fresh sushi and sashimi platters are offered. Charcuterie platters are best washed down with a dark German lager or dunkel. After 6.30 pm, they up the stakes, with some fine fresh shellfish platters, oysters and sushi to accompany your tipple. Sushi platters are served by the dashing staff and music is an eclectic mix of ambient sounds that have probably been pre-approved by the owners. We wrestled gamely with all this grub, but when the big beef platters hit the table, a few weaker souls (my wife, and the Englishwoman) threw in the towel. You certainly have to tackle them at the beginning of your seafood platter, you never go back to them after the prawns and the langoustines and the crab - all of which, here, were fine. The sushi platter isn't bad and the atmosphere is right out of Starsky & Hutch meets Soul Train. Food is freshly cooked and carefully presented: Mrs Kearsley's crab salad platter, seafood chowder with aïoli, and roasted John Dory or chorizo with red wine sauce. Everyone except Dominic was already in the dining room, milling about, talking, as they waited to uncover the cold food platters. Order a seafood platter for 2 and eat it in the lovely garden that leads down to the cliff's edge. Delightful Kitchen Diva Ann Browne served up cold platters all during the day that were a joy to savour. The great food runs from burgers, steaks and grilled shrimp to blue cheese platters, while drinks include bottles of Veuve and shimmering glasses of pink Cosmopolitans. The meze platter at Stars is just one of those powerhouse bar items. The cooks outdid themselves with all manner of sandwiches, cold cut platters, salads and other goodies shipped and stowed just for the occasion. Crossover point is the seafood platter, served in the restaurant or on one of the frequent weekend barbecues (weather permitting). Just 50 yards from the sea, the place has a jolly atmosphere, with lots of families tucking into enormous seafood platters. Today was Friday, that means the cafeteria was serving fruit platters for lunch. 2The rotating metal disk forming the turntable of a record player. （录音机）转盘 Example sentencesExamples The smaller disc platters also inherently make less noise. Jeck's endlessly rotating platters, like the whirr of moving film, serve as a constant reminder of the time-based nature of the medium. She then looked upon the top of the box to observe that a shaft next to the black platter held a metal arm that ended in a round disc made of metal and glass from which a needle stuck out. And, should their turntables survive what could very well be the very first punk band ever, it'll survive anything thrown onto the platter after The Sonics. The hub upon which the platter was mounted was phosphor bronze, and weighed an additional 17 pounds. Fewer platters are mechanically desirable because it reduces noise and vibrations; the mass the spindle has to move is smaller, and problems aligning the heads are less likely. 2.1dated, informal A phonograph record. 〈非正式，旧〉（留声机）唱片 Example sentencesExamples Right now I'm chilling with Jurassic 5, and Tool primarily, but I've been dusting off my old Public Enemy platters. Sounds Eclectic 3 is a good sampler platter of what's been going on in music over the past few years. There's no doubt that these young men have been known to pilfer the Gang of Four platters at their local record emporium yet once home have decided to stick with their ‘Dirk wears white sox’ era Adam and the Ants gear. Like its counterpart on the other side of the platter, this audio track is very weak and also seems to have a subtle hum in the background. But I've heard and ingested a lot of the heavyweights, and this intense platter even knocks them out. It started with a few scratchy 45s that an aunt had bestowed on me as an alternative to throwing the precious platters in the direction of a Blue Peter bring-and-buy sale. Shined Nickels and Loose Change, the Rondelles' debut platter, is about as indie as you wanna get. Visitors to this year's Spring Scream, which starts next Friday, might want to check out the sampler platter of punk bands from People's Records, a Japanese label based out of Beijing. The Chemical Brother's new platter, Come With Us, isn't going to help the situation any. As a longtime lover of Kelly's work, I've been dying to hear this platter for decades. 2.2Computing A rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk (considered as a physical object). 〔计算机〕磁盘；硬盘 Example sentencesExamples A hard drop creates a shock that can cause the heads to slap against the hard drive's platter - pieces of the head can be scattered in the drive, and a microscopic dent can be left on the platter. Hard disks have platters that spin at very high speeds these days, and optical drives like DVD and CD units generate noise too. The design team solved the issue of thermal heat by using a disc platter that was reduced to a size of 2.5 in. or 65 millimeters in diameter. As the different colored bits scroll by on the hard drive platter, you need to quickly read them in the correct order before you suffer a buffer underflow. Typically, up to five magnetic storage discs, known as platters, are used. Phrases on a (silver) platter informal Used to indicate that someone receives or achieves something with little or no effort. 〈非正式〉毫不费力地，轻而易举地 you're being offered this opportunity on a silver platter Example sentencesExamples But the press wasn't interested in making it happen, even though Dean was serving up the chance on a silver platter. A great achiever, Dr Kalam says that success does not come on a platter. In an age where most Bollywood stars would kill for a role in a Hollywood film, the opportunity has come on a platter for Satish Kaushik. He has handed it on a silver platter to the sporting public in the UK that even those in Wales and Scotland dismissive of silver spoons and mad dogs and Englishmen, can't fail to warm to. ‘Students think they can have their education handed to them on a silver platter,’ Tarragon said. The young already have a terrible problem with entitlement - they all seem to believe that life's riches should come handed to them on a silver platter and that work is for morons. The opportunity to overthrow the Labour budget was handed to them on a silver platter and they lacked the courage to accept it. This time, he followed it up with a better-thought out statement which, really, handed the Republicans an attack on a silver platter. Do they expect us to surrender our lives on a silver platter? You couldn't give me either collection on a silver platter, but they obviously mean something to the collector and I respect that. Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat ‘large dish’ (see plate). noun.1 phr.
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