b)MIBritish EnglishBrE a thin piece of plastic with wires fixed to it, that some people wear in their mouth to make their teeth straight 牙箍,牙齿矫正器SYN British English brace
number/license/registration plate• The seven were riding in a van with Missouri license plates that pulled into the path of the tractor-trailerrig.• And remember that it is illegal to drive with an obscuredlicense plate.• What better suspect than some one with an out-of-statelicense plate, parked so very near the scene of the crime?• A parent who was taking her children to school noted down the number plate.• Cut out two thin rectangles for the number plates and leave to dry on non-stick paper before securing on.• He said he was a but I had the license plate number.• The date on the license plate was 1967, which would make BillyPilgrim forty-four years old.• Jim was so upset that he sold the burgundy car - and transferred the number plate to the Rolls.
metal/steel/iron plates• Or magneticrugs for men who have metal plates in their heads?• In Sheffield they made steel plates and armoured plates for their ships.• As for the ships, steel platesmeant to repair them have found their way into the homes of Vladivostok's elite.• Four rounds after people fall in, the metal plates close again.• Eleven of the steel plates themselves, incidentally, are also included in the show.• His right and left wrist were the worstaffected and his body rejected the metal plates and wires inserted into them.• Telford drove piles in behind the lockwalls and bolted together the iron plates to make the lock both stable and watertight.• It met the wood in massivecylinders, thirteen feet across, made of inch-thick wrought-iron platesriveted together.
plate2 verb [transitiveT]
be plated with something
a)DCBto be covered with a thin covering of gold or silver 用〔金或银〕覆镀,镀上〔金或银〕
a beautiful necklace, plated with 22-carat gold
一条漂亮的22开镀金项链
gold-plated/silver-plated
a gold-plated watch
镀金手表
b)COVERto be covered in sheets of a hard material such as metal 用〔金属板等坚硬材料〕覆盖
The ship had been heavily plated with protective sheets.
plate• To plate, look for the instructions in your manual, it is quite easy, once you are threaded up.• The jawless fish, even though their heads were heavily plated with bone, had chinks in their armour to accommodate eyes.
Originplate1
1. (1400-1500)Frenchplat“plate, dish”, from plat“flat”, from Vulgar Latinplattus, probably from Greekplatys“broad, flat”
2. (1200-1300)Old Frenchplat“flat”
3. (1300-1400) Partly from Old Frenchplat“plate, piece of silver”, partly from Old Spanishplata“silver”
1for food食物ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLATE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dessert, dinner, serving, side, soup甜點盤;餐盤;上菜盤;小菜盤;湯盤➤paper紙碟▸➤clean, dirty乾淨的盤子;髒盤子◇The sink was full of dirty plates.洗滌槽裏放滿了髒盤子。➤empty, full空盤子;滿滿的盤子VERB + PLATE➤clear, empty掃光/吃空盤子◇I 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。➤clear, clear away, collect, take收走盤子➤clean清洗盤子PREPOSITION➤on a/the plate在盤子裏◇She ate everything on her plate.她吃光了盤子裏的東西。➤plate of一盤⋯◇a plate of rice一盤米飯plate
noun²
2piece of metal with writing on帶字的金屬牌ADJECTIVE➤licence/license, number (BrE) 牌照;號碼牌◇The driver was arrested for having false licence / license plates on his car.司機由於使用假車牌而被拘捕。➤name姓名牌◇He read the brass name plate by the door.他看了一下門旁銅製的姓名牌。
plate noun ⇨plate (a dinner plate)⇨sign2 (the car's number plate)plate
noun
plate ♦︎ bowl ♦︎ dish ♦︎ platterThese are all words for a container that you serve food on or in.这些词均表示碗或盘。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a plate / bowl / dish / platter of sth◆on a plate / dish / platter◆in a bowl / dish◆an empty plate / bowl / dish / platter◆a glass / silver plate / bowl / dish / platter◆a china / serving plate / bowl / dish / platter◆a plastic plate / bowl / dish◆to fill a plate / bowl / dish / platter■plate [countable] a flat, usually round, object with a slightly raised edge that you can put food on; the food on a plate盘子;碟子;一盘(食物)◆He barely touched the food on his plate.他几乎一点没动盘子里的食物。◆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。◆We used plastic cutlery and ate off paper plates.我们用的是塑料刀叉和纸盘子。◆He came in carrying a plate of sandwiches.他捧了一盘三明治进来。➡ See also the entry for portion另见portion条■bowl [countable] (often in compounds常构成复合词) a deep round container with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid; the food or liquid in a bowl碗;钵;盆;一碗(食物或液体)◆a salad / fruit / sugar bowl沙拉碗;水果盆;糖钵◆a washing-up bowl洗碗碟用的盆◆a bowl of soup一碗汤■dish [countable] a flat shallow container for cooking food in or serving it from(用于烹调或盛食物的)碟,盘◆an ovenproof dish耐热盘◆Arrange the chicken and salad in a serving dish.在餐盘里码放鸡肉和沙拉。ⓘ The dishes are the plates, bowls, cups, etc. that have been used for a meal and need to be washed. * the dishes指吃饭时用过的需要清洗的盘子、碗、杯子等◆I'll do the dishes(= wash them).我来洗碗。■platter [countable] a large plate that is used for serving food大平盘◆I'll have the fish platter(= several types of fish and other food served on a large plate).我来一盘鱼拼盘吧。