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| 1 | C a flat round dish that you put food on 盘子；碟子 |
| Rinse the plates before putting them in the dishwasher. 把盘子放入洗碗机之前先冲一下。 |
| paper plates 纸制的碟子 |
| | 1a | the amount of food a plate will hold 一盘之量；一碟之量 | | +of a plate of sandwiches 一碟三明治 | |
| | 1b | a platter served in a restaurant （饭店用的）大浅盘 | |
| | 1c | a flat round dish used for collecting money , especially in a church （尤指教堂中的）奉献盘，捐助盘 | | There will be a plate at the back for any donations. 后面会有个用于投放捐款的捐助盘。 | |
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| 2 | C a piece of metal or a hard substance used for covering or protecting something （起遮盖或保护作用的）金属板，硬片 |
| | 2a | a piece of metal put into a part of someone’ s body to protect it （置入某个身体部位起保护作用的）金属板，金属片 | | Surgeons covered the wound in his skull with a metal plate. 外科医生用一块金属片把他头骨上的伤口盖住。 | |
| | 2b | a piece of metal used for covering something , or for joining two parts of something together （用于覆盖或连接的）金属板，金属片 | | Workers put a steel plate over the hole in the roadway. 工人们在路面的空洞上盖了一块钢板。 | | They welded a large plate to the side of the damaged ship. 他们在被损坏之船的一侧焊接了一大块金属板。 | |
| | 2c | one of the flat pieces of bone , horn etc that protect the body of some animals 盾片；鳞甲 | |
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| 3 | C a small piece of metal or plastic that is fixed to something and used for showing information such as someone’ s name or a number 金属牌；塑料牌 |
| You can find the serial number on a plate inside the door of the refrigerator. 你可以在冰箱门里的一个牌子上找到那个序列号。 |
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| 4 | U a thin layer of silver or gold that covers a less valuable metal to improve its appearance 镀金层；镀银层 |
| | 4a | forks, spoons, plates etc that are covered by a layer of silver or gold 镀银餐具；镀金餐具 | |
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| 5 | C a piece of metal used for printing the words and pictures in books （用于印刷书上的文字和图片的）金属版，印版，图版 |
| | 5a | a picture printed on special paper in a book （书中的）插图 | | The book contains 35 colour plates. 这本书中有35幅彩色插图。 | |
| | 5b | a piece of glass covered in chemicals that react with light , used especially in the past for producing images that could then be printed as photographs （旧时摄影用的）感光板 | |
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| 6 | C a piece of plastic or metal with false teeth fixed to it that is made to fit inside your mouth 假牙托；托牙板 |
| | 6a | a piece of plastic with wires fixed to it that you wear in their mouth to make your teeth straight 牙箍；牙齿矫正器 | |
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| 7 | C technical one of the layers of rock that form the surface of the Earth （地球表面的）板块 |
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| - | hand sth to sb on a plate informal
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| to make it easy for someone to have or achieve something that they would normally have to work hard to get |
| 让某人轻易取得（原本难以获得的事物）；将某物奉送给某人 |
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| The match was handed to them on a plate. 他们轻松地赢得了这场比赛。 |
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| - | have a lot/enough/too much on your plate
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| to have a lot of/enough/too many things to worry about or deal with |
| 有很多/足够的/太多事情要操心（或处理） |
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| With three kids and a full-time job, she’ s got enough on her plate already. 带3个小孩，还要做一份全职工作，她要操心的事已经够多了。 |
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