释义 |
plat·en \ˈplatən\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French plateine, from plate thin plate, plaque (from Old French, from feminine of plat, adjective, flat) + -ine — more at plate 1. a. : a flat plate (as of metal) usually designed to press or to be pressed against by something: as (1) : a flat surface (as on a hand press or platen press) that presses the paper against the form (2) : the movable table of a planer or similar machine tool (3) : either of two plates of a testing machine that apply a load to a specimen under test (4) : a diaphragm or plate in a molding machine against which the flask is forced by pressure from below (5) : a sometimes heated flat surface against which materials are pressed for flattening, curing, or laminating (6) : a circular flanged rotating plate in a phonograph turntable upon which a record rests during reproduction b. : a hard roll that serves as a backing against which the paper is pressed when the typebars of a typewriter strike to make an imprint 2. [by alteration] obsolete : paten 1 |