plate

1. N-COUNT A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food. 盤子

Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing. 安妮塔把盤子推開；她其實什么都沒吃。

2. N-COUNT A plate of food is the amount of food on a plate. 一盤子的量

...a huge plate of bacon and eggs. …一大盤子培根和雞蛋。

3. N-COUNT A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building. 金屬片

...a recess covered by a brass plate. …一個被一塊銅板覆蓋著的壁龕。

4. N-COUNT A plate is a small, flat piece of metal with someone's name written on it, which you usually find beside the front door of an office or house. 金屬牌子

...a brass plate by the front door bearing his name. …大門旁一塊刻有他名字的銅牌。

5. N-PLURAL On a road vehicle, the plates are the panels on the front and back that display the registration number. 牌照

...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates. …掛著新澤西牌照的落滿灰塵的汽車。

6. →see also license plate

7. N-COUNT A plate in a book is a picture or photograph that takes up a whole page and is usually printed on better quality paper than the rest of the book. 整頁插圖

The book has 55 colour plates. 這本書有55頁彩色整頁插圖。

8. PHRASE If you have enough on your plate or have a lot on your plate, you have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with. 有許多事等著做

We have enough on our plate. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have. 我們有許多事干。我們手頭就有大量的工作要做。