/pleɪt ||; plet/noun1 [C] a flat, usually round, dish for eating or serving food from 碟子；盘子: a plastic/paper/china plate 塑料／纸／瓷碟子a plate of food 一碟子食物
You eat your main course from a dinner plate. You may put bread, etc on a side plate. You eat cereal or a pudding from a bowl. 吃主菜时用餐碟(dinner plate)。放面包可用面包碟(side plate)。吃麦片粥或布丁通常用碗(bowl)。 2 [C] a thin flat piece of metal or glass （金属／玻璃）薄片: a steel/metal plate 钢板；金属板
3 [C] a flat piece of metal with sth written on it （印有或写上东西的）金属牌: The brass plate beside the door said ‘Dr Waters’. 门边的铜招牌上刻着“沃尔斯特医生”几个字。
4 [U] metal that has a thin covering of gold or silver 镀金／银的金属: gold/silver plate 镀金／银的金属牌子
5 [C] (in geology 地质学) one of the sheets of rock that cover the earth's surface 板块 ☞Look at plate tectonics. 参看plate tectonics。