platter
/ˈplætə(r)/noun
1
- a large flat dish or plate, typically made of metal or wood, for serving food大浅盘（常用金属或木头做成, 用于端食物）。
1.1
- a quantity of food served on such a dish一大浅盘的食物：
huge platters of cooked meat.
大盘大盘的熟肉。
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。
2
- something shaped like such a dish or plate, in particular大浅盘状东西, 尤指：
2.1
- informal, dated a gramophone record〈非正式, 旧〉（留声机）唱片。
2.2
- the rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player（录音机）转盘。
2.3
- Computing 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。
短语
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。
词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat 'large dish' （see PLATE）.