名词

1. 盘；碟
A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food.

2. （尤指用于机械或建筑上金属制的）平板，薄板
A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building.

3. （通常置于办公室或住宅门边上的）金属姓名牌
A plate is a small, flat piece of metal with someone's name written on it, which you usually find beside the front door of an office or house.

4. （车辆的）号码牌，牌照
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.

5. （尤指银或金质的）餐具
Plate is dishes, bowls, and cups that are made of precious metal, especially silver or gold.

6. （印刷用的）印版，图版
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.

7. （摄影中的）感光板，（玻璃）干版
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.

8. （书中的）整版插图
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.

9. （显微镜下的长方形）载物片，玻璃片
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.

10. 假牙托；（牙）托基
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.

11. （地质学中的大陆）板块
In geology, a plate is a large piece of the earth's surface, perhaps as large as a continent, which moves very slowly.

12. （棒球运动中）the plate 同 home plate
In baseball, the plate is the same as the home plate.

13. 有很多工作要做；有很多事要处理
If you have enough on your plate or have a lot on your plate, you have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with.

14. 把…拱手奉送给
If you say that someone has things handed to them on a plate, you disapprove of them because they get good things easily.

1. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

Synonym: denturedental plate

2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

e.g. he ruled that the runner failed to touch home

Synonym: home platehome basehome

3. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

4. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

Synonym: scaleshell

5. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

6. a shallow receptacle for collection in church

Synonym: collection plate

7. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

8. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

9. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

Synonym: photographic plate

10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

11. any flat platelike body structure or part

12. a main course served on a plate

e.g. a vegetable plate
the blue plate special

13. the thin under portion of the forequarter

14. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

Synonym: crustal plate

15. the quantity contained in a plate

Synonym: plateful