tray

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Related topics: Daily life

ldoce_339_etray /treɪ/ S3 noun [countableC] → trait

Da flat piece of plastic, metal, or wood, with raised edges, used for carrying things such as plates, food etc 盤，托盤

The waiter brought drinks on a tray.

服務員用托盤端來飲料。

2 Ba flat open container with three sides used for holding papers, documents etc on a desk 〔辦公桌上存放文件等的〕公文盤，格子

in tray (=for holding documents you still have to deal with) 〔放置待處理文件的〕收文盤

out tray (=for holding documents you have dealt with) 〔放置已處理文件的〕發文盤

3 especially British EnglishBrE a flat open container with four sides used for holding certain things 〔各種用途的〕淺盤

a cat litter tray

貓砂盤

seed tray (=a tray in which you plant seeds) 育苗盤

Examples from the Corpus

tray• The door opened and Jenkins entered carrying a tray.• We had tomato soup for dinner, followed by roast beef and sago pudding, served airline-style on a tray.• She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.• Water Grill's dessert tray beckons!• If bulbs look shrivelled when unpacked, immerse in trays of damp peat until plumped out.• There are many more, including wheelchairs, sticks, commodes, special non-slip trays, and bath seats.• The tray was heavy with food and drinks.

seed tray• Because polyanthus are more difficult to germinate, start them off in seed trays or pots in a greenhouse or cold frame.• Use a small split cane the width of the seed tray to make a series of depressions in the levelled compost.

Origin tray

Old English trig, treg

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