boilerplate
/ˈbɔɪləpleɪt/noun
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- mass noun rolled steel plates for making boilers（制）锅炉钢板。
1.1
- (boilerplates) Climbing smooth, overlapping, and undercut slabs of rock【登山】（平滑、重叠而且底部掏空的）板岩。
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- mass noun chiefly US writing that is clichéd or expresses a generally accepted opinion or belief〈主美〉陈词滥调, 炒冷饭式的文章：
he accepted Soviet boilerplate at face value.
他原原本本地接受了苏联的陈词滥调。
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- standardized pieces of text for use as clauses in contracts or as part of a computer program合同样板; （计算机程序）样板文件。