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

noun | verb

plateplate1 /pleɪt/ ●●● S1 W2 noun

ETYMOLOGYplate¹

Origin: (1,3,8) 1400-1500 French plat plate, dish from plat flat, from Vulgar Latin plattus

COLLOCATIONS► clean/empty your plate

(=eat everything on your plate)

1FOOD [countable] a)a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food from: a salad plateclean/empty your plate (=eat everything on your plate) b)the amount of food that is on a plate SYN plateful: plate of a plate of cookies c)a meal served on a large plate in a restaurant SYN platter: a vegetable plate2A SHEET OF METAL [countable] a sheet of metal used to protect something: Steel plates were used to repair the damage to the ship.3SIGN a)[countable] a flat piece of metal with words or numbers on it, for example on a door or a car: A brass plate on the door gave his name. → see also nameplate b)plates [plural] informal license plates on a car, truck, etc.: a truck with New Jersey plates4EARTH'S SURFACE [countable] earth science one of the very large areas of rock that form the surface of the Earth → see also plate tectonics5have a lot/too much etc. on your plate informal to have a lot to deal with or a lot of things to think about: I’m sure he has enough on his plate already.6hand/give something to somebody on a plate to make it easy for someone to get or achieve something so that he or she does not have to make much effort7BASEBALL the plate the place in baseball where the person hitting the ball stands SYN home plate → see also step up to the plate at step2 (2)8PROTECTIVE COVERING [countable] science, biology one of the thin sheets of bone, horn, etc. that covers and protects the outside of an animal: The reptile’s body is covered with horny plates.9IN A CHURCH (also collection plate) a small plate or container, used to collect money in a Christian church10GOLD/SILVER ETC. a)gold/silver etc. plate ordinary metal with a thin covering of gold, silver, etc. b)[uncountable] articles such as plates, cups, forks, or knives covered with gold or silver11PICTURES/PHOTOS [countable] a)a picture in a book, usually in color, that is printed on good-quality paper b)a sheet of metal that has been cut or treated so that words or pictures can be printed from its surface c)technical a thin sheet of glass used especially in past times in photography, with chemicals on it that are sensitive to light12TEETH [countable] a thin piece of plastic that fits inside a person’s mouth, which false teeth are attached to[Origin: (1,3,8) 1400–1500 French plat plate, dish from plat flat, from Vulgar Latin plattus] → see also -plated

noun | verb

plateplate2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

plate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	plate
	he, she, it	plates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	plated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have plated
	he, she, it	has plated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had plated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will plate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have plated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am plating
	he, she, it	is plating
	you, we, they	are plating
Past	I, he, she, it	was plating
	you, we, they	were plating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been plating
	he, she, it	has been plating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been plating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be plating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been plating

be plated with something a)to have a thin covering of gold, silver, etc.: Even their faucets had been plated with gold. b)to be covered in thin pieces of a hard material such as metal or bone: The president’s limousine is plated with armor.