a shape cut out of a hard material, used as a model for producing exactly the same shape many times in another material 样板；模板；型板 Pressing the template firmly down on the plastic, cut around it with a knife. 将模板牢牢地压在塑料上，用刀在周围切割。
a thing that is used as a model for producing other similar examples 样板；模框；标准
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as templet): probably from temple ‘a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched’ + -et. The change in the ending in the 19th cent. was due to association with plate.