a heavy wooden or metal base that can be used for moving or storing goods 托盘；平台；运货板 a cloth bag filled with straw, used for sleeping on （睡觉用的）草垫子 Servants slept on straw pallets thrown on the floor. 仆人们睡在扔在地板上的稻草托盘上。
Word Originsense 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French paillete, from paille ‘straw’, from Latin palea.sense 1 late Middle English (originally referring to a flat wooden blade used to shape clay or plaster): from French palette ‘little blade’, from Latin pala ‘spade’ (related to palus ‘stake’).