- [countable]
a flat, usually round, dish that you put food on 盤子；碟子 
sandwiches on a plate 盤子上的三明治 There was an enormous pile of dirty plates in the kitchen sink. 廚房水槽裏有一大堆髒盤子。 The set includes four dinner plates, four side plates and four soup bowls. 這一套包括四只餐盤、四只小吃盤和四只湯碗。 They filled their plates with spaghetti. 他們在盤子裏裝滿了意大利面條。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2I could see how hungry she was from the way she cleared her plate. 從她把盤子裏的食物一掃而光我就能看出她有多餓。 She ate everything on her plate. 她吃光了盤子裏的東西。 He barely touched the food on his plate. 他幾乎一點沒動盤子裏的食物。 He came in carrying a plate of sandwiches. 他捧了一盤三明治進來。 We used plastic cutlery and ate off paper plates. 我們用的是塑料刀叉和紙盤子。
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 一盤所盛之量；一盤 a plate of sandwiches 一盤三明治 two large plates of pasta 兩大盤意大利面 At dinner, Paul ate several plates of stew. 晚餐時，保羅吃了幾盤炖肉。
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 （金屬）板條，板 - [countable]
a flat piece of metal with some information on it, for example somebody’s name （刻有名字等的）金屬牌子 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 （車輛）牌照，號牌；車牌 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- licence/license
- number
- name
- …
- [uncountable]
ordinary metal that is covered with a thin layer of silver or gold 鍍金（或鍍銀）的金屬 - [uncountable]
dishes, bowls, etc. that are made of silver or gold 金質（或銀質）餐具 the family plate 家庭盤子
- [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 犰狳的一層防護性骨板
- [countable]
one of the very large pieces of rock that form the earth’s surface and move slowly 板塊 the Pacific plate 太平洋板塊 Earthquakes are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other. 地震是由兩塊地殼構造板塊互相碰撞造成的。
- [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 書籍插圖照片；（尤指優質紙上的）整頁插圖 - [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，圖版 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、金屬等）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 本壘板；本壘 - (usually the plate)[singular]
a flat dish that is used to collect money from people in a church 奉獻盤；捐款盤 see also bookplate, breastplate, footplate, hotplate
food食物
for strength強化用
for information提供信息
on vehicle車輛上
silver/gold銀；金
on animal動物
geology地質學
printing/photography印刷；攝影
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 問題（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 開始行動，采取措施（以抓住機會或應對危機）