- a shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food碟, 盘：
an ovenproof dish.
一只耐热盘。
- the food contained or served in such a container放在碟（或盘）中的食物：
a dish of sautépotatoes.
一碟炒土豆。
- a particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal一道菜：
fresh fish dishes
鲜鱼餐
figurative 〈喻〉films are always the main Christmas dish.
电影总是圣诞节的一道大餐。
the dishes
all the items that have been used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal全部餐具：I left the children to do the dishes.
我让孩子们去洗碗。
- usu. with modifier a shallow, concave receptacle, especially one intended to hold a particular substance凹形容器：
a soap dish.
肥皂盒。
- （亦作dish aerial）a bowl-shaped radio aerial抛物面天线。参见SATELLITE DISH.
- informal a sexually attractive person〈非正式〉性感的人：
I gather he's quite a dish.
我猜他是个很性感的人。
one's dish
dated a thing that one particularly enjoys or does particularly well〈旧〉喜欢做的事; 擅长做的事：as a public relations man this was my dish and the campaign was right up my street.
作为公关先生, 这是我的强项, 并且这场活动就在我那条街上举办。
the dish
informal information which is not generally known or available〈非正式〉不为人知的消息; 一般人得不到的消息：if he has the real dish I wish he'd tell us.
如果他有真“料”的话, 我希望他会爆给我们。
- mass noun concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension on each side and consequent sideways displacement of the rim in relation to the hub轮盘。
dish something out/up
put (food) on to a plate or plates before a meal（就餐前）将（食物）盛于盘中：Steve was dishing up vegetables
斯蒂夫正在盛蔬菜
with two objs she dished him out a plate of stew她给他盛了一盘炖肉
figurative 〈喻〉pop stars who dish up remixes of their old hits.
将自己原来的热门歌曲拼凑一番的流行歌星。
dish something out
dispense something in a casual or indiscriminate way随意地（或不加选择地）分发：the banks dished out loans to all and sundry.
这些银行发放贷款不加选择, 谁要都给。
dish it out
informal subject others to criticism or punishment〈非正式〉加以批评; 加以惩罚：you can dish it out but you can't take it.
你可以横加指责, 但却不能接受批评。
- no obj. N. Amer. informal gossip or share information, especially information of an intimate or scandalous nature〈北美, 非正式〉闲谈（或互通）消息（尤指隐秘的或诽谤性的消息）：
groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances.
人们聚在一起, 吹吹孩子, 聊聊风流韵事。
- informal, chiefly Brit. utterly destroy, confound, or defeat (someone or something)〈非正式, 主英〉彻底摧毁; 挫败; 战胜：
the election interview dished Labour's chances.
竞选访谈让工党彻底出局。
- give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes (see sense 4 of the noun)使成轮盘状（见名词义项4）。
dish the dirt
- informal reveal or spread scandalous information or gossip〈非正式〉散布流言飞语。