plate
UK/pleit/US
NGSL 2kTOEFLA2
Definitions
n.
A flat, usually round dish for serving or eating food.
盘子；碟子
n.
A thin flat sheet of metal, glass, or other hard material.
板；金属板；薄片
v.
To cover a surface with a thin layer of metal such as gold or silver.
电镀；镀（金属）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedplate is the plat- «flat» branch (Greek platys «broad, flat»). Anything flat and broad is a plate — a flat dish, a flat sheet of metal, an armour plate, a tectonic plate. To plate something is to cover it with a thin flat layer of metal.
Root plan still carries 16 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.dinner plate餐盘
- 2.license plate车牌
- 3.steel plate钢板
- 4.plate glass平板玻璃
- 5.gold-plated镀金的
Example Sentences
- 1.
She placed a clean plate in front of each guest.
- 2.
The bridge is reinforced with thick steel plates.
- 3.
The ring is only plated with gold, not solid.