词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French paillete, from paille 'straw'， from Latin palea.
1
- a portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, and stored, especially with the aid of a forklift truck（用于移动或堆存货物的）托盘, 集装架（尤指借助叉车使用的货板）。
2
- a flat wooden blade with a handle, used to shape clay or plaster抹子。
3
- an artist's palette调色板。
4
- a projection on a machine part, serving to change the mode of motion of a wheel（机器的）棘爪。
4.1
- (in a clock or watch) a projection transmitting motion from an escapement to a pendulum or balance wheel（钟表的）棘爪。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： from French palette 'little blade'， from Latin pala 'spade' （related to palus 'stake'）.