tray
noun/treɪ/
/treɪ/
- a flat piece of wood, metal or plastic with raised edges, used for carrying or holding things, especially food

enlarge image盘;托盘;碟 - He brought her breakfast in bed on a tray.
他把早餐用托盘给她送到床上。 - She came in with a tray of drinks.
她端着一托盘饮料走进来。 - a tea tray
茶盘
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc1- He balanced the tray on his knees.
他把盘子平稳地放在膝上。 - a heavily laden tray
装得满满的盘子 - waiters bearing trays of champagne
端着一盘盘香槟酒的侍者们
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breakfast
- dinner
- lunch
- …
- bear
- carry
- pick up
- …
- on a/the tray
- tray of
- He brought her breakfast in bed on a tray.
- (often in compounds) a shallow plastic box, used for various purposes
(各种用途的)浅塑料盒 - a seed tray (= for planting seeds in)
育苗盘 - a cat’s litter tray
猫砂盆 - an ice tray (= for making ice cubes)
制冰盒
- a seed tray (= for planting seeds in)
Word Originlate Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’.