英语词汇“plate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	plate
释义	Trends of plate View usage for: plate (pleɪt) Word forms: plural plates 1. countable noun A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food. Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing. A plate of food is the amount of food on the plate. ...a huge plate of spaghetti. [+ of] 2. countable noun A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building. 3. countable noun A plate is a small, flat piece of metal with someone's name written on it, which you usuallyfind beside the front door of an office or house. 4. plural noun On a road vehicle, the plates are the panels at the front and back which display the license number in the United States, and the registration number in Britain. ...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates. 5. See also license plate, number plate 6. uncountable noun Plate is dishes, bowls, and cups that are made of precious metal, especially silver or gold. ...gold and silver plate, jewellery, and roomfuls of antique furniture. 7. countable noun In printing, a plate is a sheet of metal which is carved or specially treated with chemicals so that it can be used to print text or pictures. 8. countable noun In photography, a plate is a thin sheet of glass that is covered with a layer of chemicals which react to the light and on which an image can be formed. 9. countable noun A plate in a book is a picture or photograph which takes up a whole page and is usually printed on better quality paper than the rest of the book. Fermor's book has 55 colour plates. Synonyms: illustration, picture, photograph, print More Synonyms of plate 10. countable noun In a microscope, the plate is a small rectangular piece of glass onto which you put a small amount of the substance that you want to look at. You then slide the plate under the microscope to look at the substance. 11. countable noun A dental plate is a piece of plastic which is shaped to fit inside a person's mouth and which a set of false teeth is attached to. 12. countable noun In geology, a plate is a large piece of the Earth's surface, perhaps as large as a continent, which moves very slowly. [technical] The United States Geological Survey has revealed that the earthquake was not causedby a simple horizontal movement of one plate past another. 13. countable noun [usually the NOUN in singular] In baseball, the plate is the same as the home plate. [US] 14. See have enough on one's plate/have a lot on one's plate 15. See hand sth to sb on a plate More Synonyms of plate plate in British English (pleɪt) noun 1. a. a shallow usually circular dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc, on which food is served or from which food is eaten b. (as modifier) a plate rack 2. a. Also called: plateful the contents of a plate or the amount a plate will hold b. Australian and New Zealand a plate of cakes, sandwiches, etc, brought by a guest to a party everyone was asked to bring a plate 3. an entire course of a meal a cold plate 4. any shallow or flat receptacle, esp for receiving a collection in church 5. flat metal of uniform thickness obtained by rolling, usually having a thickness greater than about three millimetres 6. a thin coating of metal usually on another metal, as produced by electrodeposition, chemical action,etc 7. metal or metalware that has been coated in this way, esp with gold or silver Sheffield plate 8. dishes, cutlery, etc, made of gold or silver 9. a sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, etc, having a printing surface produced by a process such as stereotyping, moulding, or photographic deposition 10. a print taken from such a sheet or from a woodcut, esp when appearing in a book 11. a thin flat sheet of a substance, such as metal or glass 12. armour made of overlapping or articulated pieces of thin metal 13. photography a. a sheet of glass, or sometimes metal, coated with photographic emulsion on which an image can be formed by exposure to light b. (as modifier) a plate camera 14. an orthodontic device, esp one used for straightening children's teeth 15. an informal word for denture (sense 1) 16. anatomy any flat platelike structure or part 17. a. a cup or trophy awarded to the winner of a sporting contest, esp a horse race b. a race or contest for such a prize 18. any of the rigid layers of the earth's lithosphere of which there are believed to be at least 15 See also plate tectonics 19. electronics a. mainly US the anode in an electronic valve b. an electrode in an accumulator or capacitor 20. a horizontal timber joist that supports rafters or studs 21. a light horseshoe for flat racing 22. a thin cut of beef from the brisket 23. plate rail 24. Also called: Communion plate Roman Catholic Church a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host 25. archaic a coin, esp one made of silver 26. a full plate 27. on a plate 28. on one's plate verb (transitive) 29. to coat (a surface, usually metal) with a thin layer of other metal by electrolysis, chemical reaction, etc 30. to cover with metal plates, as for protection 31. printing to make a stereotype or electrotype from (type or another plate) 32. to form (metal) into plate, esp by rolling 33. to give a glossy finish to (paper) by calendering 34. to grow (microorganisms) in a culture medium Word origin C13: from Old French: thin metal sheet, something flat, from Vulgar Latin plattus (unattested); related to Greek platus flat Plate in British English (pleɪt) noun River Plate plate in American English (pleɪt) noun 1. a smooth, flat, relatively thin piece of metal or other material 2. a sheet of metal made by beating, rolling, or casting 3. a. any of the thin sheets of metal, plastic, etc. used in one kind of armor (plate armor) b. such armor 4. a. a thin, flat piece of metal on which an engraving is, or is to be, cut b. an impression taken from the engraved metal 5. a print of a woodcut, lithograph, etc., esp. when used in a book 6. a full-page book illustration of any kind, printed on paper of a stock different from that of the text 7. a. dishes, utensils, etc. of silver or gold, collectively b. metal dishes, utensils, etc., or any metallic ware, plated with gold or silver 8. a shallow dish, usually circular, from which food is eaten 9. plateful 10. the food in a dish; a course a fruit plate 11. food and service for an individual at a meal dinner at twenty dollars a plate 12. a dish or other container passed in churches, etc. for donations of money 13. a. a prize, orig. a gold or silver cup, given to the winner of a race or contest b. a contest, esp. a horse race, for such a prize, rather than for stakes : also called plate race 14. petri dish 15. a thin cut of beef from the forequarter, just below the short ribs 16. Anatomy and Zoology a thin layer, plate, or scale, as of bone or horny tissue; lamina; scute 17. Architecture a horizontal wooden girder that supports the trusses or rafters of a roof 18. Baseball home plate 19. Dentistry a. that part of an artificial denture which fits to the mouth and holds the teeth b. [often pl.]; Loosely a full set of false teeth 20. Electricity anode (sense 1) anode (sense 2) 21. Philately the impression surface from which a sheet of postage stamps is printed 22. Photography a sheet of glass, metal, etc., coated with a film sensitive to light, upon which the image is formed 23. Printing a cast, to be printed from, made from a mold of set type or from a negative prepared as by photocomposition verb transitiveWord forms: ˈplated or ˈplating 24. to overlay or coat with gold, silver, tin, etc. by a mechanical, chemical, or electrical process 25. to cover, as with metal plates for protection 26. to make a printing plate of Word origin OFr, flat object < fem. of plat, flat < VL plattus < Gr platys, broad, flat: see platy- plate in Mechanical Engineering (pleɪt) Word forms:* (regular plural) plates noun (Mechanical engineering: General) A plate is a large flat piece of raw material, thicker than a sheet and thinner than a slab. The final product is either metal sheet or plate, with the former being less than 0.24 inches thick and the latter greater than 0.24inches. The slabs are hot or cold rolled into sheet metal or plates. A plate is a large flat piece of raw material, thicker than a sheet and thinner than a slab. plate in Hospitality (pleɪt) Word forms: (regular plural) plates noun (Hospitality (hotel): Restaurant, equipment) A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food. A waiter came to clear our plates and refill glasses. Give me a plate of ham and eggs for breakfast. The tables are set with plates, flatware, and glasses. Related wordsThe following are types of plate with a particular purpose.bread platedinner plate More idioms containing plate have enough on your plate something is handed to someone on a plate step up to the plate Image of plate © 24/04/2018, Shutterstock Examples of 'plate' in a sentence plate These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content.Read more… People have fallen through plate glass windows without sustaining fatal injuries. Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002) You'd think they'd be a bit more grateful that you're there to hand them the stuff on a plate. Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002) There was a jeep parked up near the generator with its licence plate facing our position. Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002) Word lists with plate parts of a book, Equestrian events, sports and horse races In other languages plate British English: plate /pleɪt/ NOUN A plate is a round or oval flat dish used to hold food. Anita pushed her plate away. American English: plate Arabic: صَحْن Brazilian Portuguese: prato Chinese: 盘子 Croatian: tanjur Czech: talíř Danish: tallerken Dutch: bord European Spanish: plato utensilio Finnish: lautanen French: assiette German: Teller Greek: πιάτο Italian: piatto Japanese: 平皿 Korean: 접시 Norwegian: tallerken Polish: talerz European Portuguese: prato Romanian: farfurie Russian: тарелка Latin American Spanish: plato recipiente bajo y redondo Swedish: tallrik Thai: จาน Turkish: tabak Ukrainian: тарілка Vietnamese: đĩa đựng thức ăn Translate your text for free All related terms of 'plate' L-plate In Britain , L-plates are signs with a red 'L' on them which you attach to a car to warn other drivers that you are a learner. T-plate a metal plate shaped like a T used to strengthen or effect a right-angled joint between two beams , etc dry plate a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin end plate the area of specialized tissue that forms the junction between an individual muscle fiber and its motor nerve hot plate a small, portable device for cooking food, usually with only one or two gas or electric burners pie plate a shallow metal or glass dish with sloping sides, used for cooking a pie plate up to put food on a plate, ready for serving tea plate a small plate sometimes placed to the side of a dinner plate, used for bread , cake , etc tee-plate a metal plate shaped like a T used to strengthen or effect a right-angled joint between two beams , etc tin plate thin steel sheet coated with a layer of tin that protects the steel from corrosion angle plate a steel structural plate, esp one in the shape of a right-angled triangle , used to connect structural members and stiffen frameworks armor plate a protective covering of specially hardened steel plates, as on a tank blue plate a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food brass plate an alloy of copper and zinc containing more than 50 per cent of copper. Alpha brass (containing less than 35 per cent of zinc) is used for most engineering materials requiring forging , pressing , etc. Alpha-beta brass (35–45 per cent zinc) is used for hot working and extrusion . Beta brass (45–50 per cent zinc) is used for castings . Small amounts of other metals, such as lead or tin , may be added bread plate A bread plate is a small plate for bread that you eat along with your main meal . butt plate a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock echo plate (in sound recording or broadcasting ) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects gold plate a thin coating of gold , usually produced by electroplating half-plate a size of plate measuring 6 1 ⁄ 2 × 4 1 ⁄ 4 inches home plate a flat often five-sided piece of hard rubber or other material that serves to define the area over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike and that a base runner must safely reach on the way from third base to score a run kick plate a metal plate fastened to the bottom of a door to resist blows and scratches nave plate a metal cap fitting onto the hub of a wheel, esp a stainless steel or chromium-plated one Nazca Plate a tectonic division of the earth's crust , coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin , and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench , from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise , and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise paper plate a disposable plate made from paper and used for eating from petri plate a petri dish containing culture medium plate block a block of postage stamps with a serial number ( plate number ) in the margin plate glass Plate glass is thick glass made in large, flat pieces, which is used especially to make large windows and doors . plate rack a rack where you put plates after you have washed them or to store them plate rail an early flat rail with an extended flange on its outer edge to retain wheels on the track River Plate → the English name for the (Río de la) Plata salad plate a small plate used chiefly for serving an individual portion of salad screw plate a steel plate with threaded holes used for making male screws side plate a small plate used for bread or other accompaniments to a meal soup plate A soup plate is a deep plate with a wide edge in which soup is served . spot plate a flat ceramic or plastic plate containing small wells on which spot tests are made swash plate a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and either imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis as in a swash plate pump or, conversely , converts reciprocating motion to rotation as in a swash plate motor terne plate an alloy of lead containing tin (10–20 per cent ) and antimony (1.5–2 per cent) trade plate a numberplate attached temporarily to a vehicle by a dealer , etc, before the vehicle has been registered wall plate a horizontal timber member placed along the top of a wall to support the ends of joists , rafters , etc, and distribute the load African Plate a major tectonic division of the earth's crust , comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary , Cape Verde , Angola , Cape Agulhas, Somali , Madagascar , and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge armour plate a tough heavy steel , usually containing chromium , nickel , and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships , tanks , etc baffle plate a plate or mechanical device designed to restrain or regulate the flow of a fluid , the emission of light or sound, or the distribution of sound, esp in a loudspeaker or microphone batten plate (in structural design) a horizontal rectangular plate that is used to connect pairs of steel sections by being riveted or welded across them to form a composite section center plate one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck , while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate ( body center plate ) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other ( truck center plate ) is part of the car truck clutch plate a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission dental plate → another name for dentures (sense 1 ) dinner plate a plate used for eating dinner fashion plate an illustration of the latest fashion in dress futtock plate a horizontal metal disc fixed at the top of a lower mast for holding the futtock shrouds glacis plate the frontal plate armour on a tank Chinese translation of 'plate' plate (pleɪt) n (c) (= dish) 碟 (dié) (个(個), gè) (for serving) 托(託)盘(盤) (tuōpán) (个(個), gè) (c) (on door) 牌 (pái) (c) (on machine) 金属(屬)牌 (jīnshǔ pái) (块(塊), kuài) (u) (= metal objects) (also gold plate) 镀(鍍)金餐具 (dùjīn cānjù) (also silver plate) 银(銀)餐具 (yín cānjù) (c) (Typ, for printing) 印版 (yìnbǎn) (c) (= picture, photograph) 整页(頁)插图(圖) (zhěngyè chātú) (版, bǎn) (c) (= number plate) 牌照 (páizhào) (块(塊), kuài) (c) (= dental plate) 托牙板 (tuōyábǎn) a plate of cakes/biscuits 一盘(盤)蛋糕/饼(餅)干(乾) (yī pán dàngāo/bǐnggān) 1 (noun) in the sense of platter Definition a shallow dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc., on which food is served Scott piled his plate with food. Synonyms platter The food was served on silver platters. dish Pile the potatoes into a warm serving dish. dinner plate salver trencher (archaic) 2 (noun) in the sense of helping Definition the contents of a plate a huge plate of bacon and eggs Synonyms helping extra helpings of ice-cream course serving Each serving contains 240 calories. dish There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from. portion a large portion of green vegetables platter plateful 3 (noun) in the sense of layer Definition a thin coating of metal usually on another metal The beam is strengthened by a steel plate 6 millimetres thick. Synonyms layer A fresh layer of snow covered the street. panel sheet a cracked sheet of glass slab 4 (noun) in the sense of plaque Definition a small piece of metal or plastic with an inscription, fixed to another surface a brass plate on his office door Synonyms plaque Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque. sign nameplate door plate cartouche 5 (noun) in the sense of illustration Definition a print taken from such a sheet or from a woodcut The book has 55 colour plates. Synonyms illustration He made his illustrations of birds as he travelled in America. picture drawing a small picture with coloured chalks photograph He wants to take some photographs of the house. print Hogarth's famous series of prints engraving the engraving of Shakespeare at the front of the book lithograph (verb) in the sense of coat Definition to coat (a metal surface) with a thin layer of another metal small steel balls plated with chrome or gold Synonyms coat gild laminate face cover She was soaking wet and covered with mud. silver nickel overlay The floor was overlaid with rugs of Turkish design. a very large dark wood table overlaid in glass electroplate anodize platinize Additional synonyms in the sense of cover Definition to extend over or lie thickly on the surface of She was soaking wet and covered with mud. Synonyms coat, cake, plaster, smear, envelop, spread, encase, daub, overspread in the sense of dish Pile the potatoes into a warm serving dish. Synonyms bowl, plate, platter, salver in the sense of dish Definition a particular kind of food There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from. Synonyms food, meal, fare, course, recipe Synonyms of 'plate' plate Explore 'plate' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of engraving Definition a print made from this the engraving of Shakespeare at the front of the book Synonyms print, block, impression, carving, etching, inscription, plate, woodcut, dry point in the sense of face Definition to provide with a surface of a different material Synonyms coat, line, level, cover, finish, dress, surface, clad, veneer, overlay, sheathe in the sense of overlay Definition to cover (a surface) with an applied decoration The floor was overlaid with rugs of Turkish design.a very large dark wood table overlaid in glass Synonyms cover, coat, blanket, adorn, mantle, ornament, envelop, veneer, encase, inlay, superimpose, laminate, overspread in the sense of photograph Definition a picture made by the chemical action of light on sensitive film He wants to take some photographs of the house. Synonyms picture, photo (informal), shot, image, print, slide, snap (informal), snapshot, selfie (informal), transparency, likeness, JPEG, thumbnail, avatar in the sense of picture Definition a visual representation produced on a surface, such as in a photograph or painting drawing a small picture with coloured chalks Synonyms representation, drawing, painting, portrait, image, print, illustration, sketch, portrayal, engraving, likeness, effigy, delineation, similitude, avatar in the sense of portion Definition a helping of food served to one person a large portion of green vegetables Synonyms helping, serving, piece, plateful in the sense of print Definition a picture printed from an engraved plate or wood block Hogarth's famous series of prints Synonyms picture, plate, etching, engraving, lithograph, woodcut, linocut in the sense of serving Definition a portion of food Each serving contains 240 calories. Synonyms portion, helping, ration, plateful, bowlful in the sense of sheet Definition a thin piece of material such as paper or glass, usually rectangular a cracked sheet of glass Synonyms plate, piece, panel, slab, pane
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