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plate/pleit/ n. & v.●n. 1a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is eaten or served 盘子，盆子 b the contents of this 一盘(或一盆)的量 ate a plate of sandwiches 吃一盘三明治 2 a similar vessel usu. of metal or wood, used esp. for making a collection in a church etc. (金属或木质的)盘状物；(尤指教堂中的)捐款盘 3 US a main course of a meal, served on one plate [美]一道菜 4 Austral. & NZ a contribution of cakes, sandwiches, etc., to a social gathering [澳新] (糕点、三明治等的)捐献 5 (collect. 集合名词)a utensils of silver, gold, or other metal (金质或银质或其他金属制成的)器皿 b objects of plated metal (表面有镀层的)金属制品 6a a piece of metal with a name or inscription for affixing to a door, container, etc. (上有姓名等的固定在门、容器等上的)金属牌 b = NUMBER PLATE 7 an illustration on special paper in a book (书籍的)插图 8 a thin sheet of metal, glass, etc., coated with a sensitive film for photography 感光板；(玻璃等的)干版 9 a flat thin usu. rigid sheet of metal etc. with an even surface and uniform thickness, often as part of a mechanism (金属等的)薄板材 10a a smooth piece of metal etc. for engraving (金属等制的)雕刻版 b an impression made from this (用雕刻版印刷的)印刷品 11a a silver or gold cup as a prize for a horse race etc. (赛马等的)金(或银)奖杯 b a race with this as a prize 金(或银)奖杯赛 12a a thin piece of plastic material, moulded to the shape of the mouth and gums, to which artificial teeth or another orthodontic appliance are attached 假牙托，托牙板 b colloq. a complete denture or orthodontic appliance [口]全口假牙 13 Geol. each of several rigid sheets of rock thought to form the earth's outer crust 【地质】板块，板层 14 Biol. a thin flat organic structure or formation 【生】板形器官，片状组织 15 a light shoe for a racehorse (赛马用的)轻型马蹄铁 16 a stereotype, electrotype, or plastic cast of a page of composed movable types, or a metal or plastic copy of filmset matter, from which sheets are printed (铅版、电铸版、塑料型等的)印版 17 Baseball a flat piece of whitened rubber marking the station of a batter or pitcher 【棒球】本垒板；投手板 18 US the anode of a thermionic valve [美] (热离子管的)阳极 19 a horizontal timber laid along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists or rafters 横木 window plate 窗横木板 ●v. tr. 1 apply a thin coat esp. of silver, gold, or tin to (another metal) 镀覆(尤指银、金、锡)于(另一金属) 2 cover (esp. a ship) with plates of metal, esp. for protection (尤指为起保护作用而)给(尤指船)覆上金属板 3 make a plate of (type etc.) for printing (为印刷)制作印版 □ on a plate colloq. available with little trouble to the recipient [口]毫不费力地 □ on one's plate esp. Brit. for one to deal with or consider [尤英]要处理；要考虑 □ plateful n. (pl. -fuls)□ plateless adj.□ plater n.[Middle English via Old French from medieval Latin plata ‘plate armour’, from platus (adj.), ultimately from Greek platus ‘flat’] |