- [countable]
a flat, usually round, dish that you put food on 盘子；碟子 
sandwiches on a plate 盘子上的三明治 There was an enormous pile of dirty plates in the kitchen sink. 厨房水槽里有一大堆脏盘子。 The set includes four dinner plates, four side plates and four soup bowls. 这一套包括四只餐盘、四只小吃盘和四只汤碗。 They filled their plates with spaghetti. 他们在盘子里装满了意大利面条。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2I could see how hungry she was from the way she cleared her plate. 从她把盘子里的食物一扫而光我就能看出她有多饿。 She ate everything on her plate. 她吃光了盘子里的东西。 He barely touched the food on his plate. 他几乎一点没动盘子里的食物。 He came in carrying a plate of sandwiches. 他捧了一盘三明治进来。 We used plastic cutlery and ate off paper plates. 我们用的是塑料刀叉和纸盘子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dessert
- dinner
- serving
- …
- clear
- empty
- clear
- …
- on a/the plate
- plate of
- [countable] plate of something
the amount of food that you can put on a plate 一盘所盛之量；一盘 a plate of sandwiches 一盘三明治 two large plates of pasta 两大盘意大利面 At dinner, Paul ate several plates of stew. 晚餐时，保罗吃了几盘炖肉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dessert
- dinner
- serving
- …
- clear
- empty
- clear
- …
- on a/the plate
- plate of
- [countable] (especially North American English)
a whole main course of a meal, served on one plate 一道主菜 - [countable]
a thin flat piece of metal, used especially to join or make something stronger （金属）板条，板 - [countable]
a flat piece of metal with some information on it, for example somebody’s name （刻有名字等的）金属牌子 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- licence/license
- number
- name
- …
- [usually plural]
the pieces of metal or plastic at the front and back of a vehicle with numbers and letters on it （车辆）牌照，号牌；车牌 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- licence/license
- number
- name
- …
- [uncountable]
ordinary metal that is covered with a thin layer of silver or gold 镀金（或镀银）的金属 - [uncountable]
dishes, bowls, etc. that are made of silver or gold 金质（或银质）餐具 the family plate 家庭盘子
- [countable] (
biology 生物 one of the thin flat pieces of horn or bone that cover and protect an animal 板；骨板 the armadillo’s protective shell of bony plates 犰狳的一层防护性骨板
- [countable]
one of the very large pieces of rock that form the earth’s surface and move slowly 板块 the Pacific plate 太平洋板块 Earthquakes are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other. 地震是由两块地壳构造板块互相碰撞造成的。
- [countable]
a photograph that is used as a picture in a book, especially one that is printed on a separate page on high quality paper 书籍插图照片；（尤指优质纸上的）整页插图 - [countable]
a sheet of metal, plastic, etc. that has been treated so that words or pictures can be printed from it （印刷用的）印版，图版 a printing plate 印版
- [countable]
a thin sheet of glass, metal, etc. that is covered with chemicals so that it reacts to light and can form an image, used in larger or older cameras （玻璃、金属等）底片，感光板 - [countable]
a thin piece of plastic with wire or artificial teeth attached to it which fits inside your mouth in order to make your teeth straight 假牙托；托牙板；假牙床 - (North American English) (also home plate, home base ())[singular]
(in baseball 棒球 the place where the person hitting the ball stands and where they must return to after running around all the bases 本垒板；本垒 - (usually the plate)[singular]
a flat dish that is used to collect money from people in a church 奉献盘；捐款盘 see also bookplate, breastplate, footplate, hotplate
food食物
for strength强化用
for information提供信息
on vehicle车辆上
silver/gold银；金
on animal动物
geology地质学
printing/photography印刷；摄影
in mouth口内
in baseball棒球
in church教堂
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a flat, thin sheet, usually of metal): from Old French, from medieval Latin plata ‘plate armour’, based on Greek platus ‘flat’. Senses (1) to (3) represent Old French plat ‘platter, large dish’, also ‘dish of meat’, noun use of Old French plat ‘flat’.
Idioms
hand something to somebody on a plate
have enough/a lot/too much on your plate
- (informal)
to have a lot of work or problems, etc. to deal with 问题（或工作等）成堆
step up to the plate
- (especially North American English)
to do what is necessary in order to benefit from an opportunity or deal with a crisis 开始行动，采取措施（以抓住机会或应对危机）