plate
英 [pleɪt]
美[plet]
- n. 碟；金属板；金属牌；感光底片
- vt. 电镀；给…装甲
- n. (Plate)人名；(英、德、俄、西、意、瑞典)普拉特
英英释意
- 1. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- 2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score;
- "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
- 3. a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- 4. dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- 5. the quantity contained in a plate
- 6. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- 7. the thin under portion of the forequarter
- 8. a main course served on a plate;
- "a vegetable plate"
- "the blue plate special"
- 9. any flat platelike body structure or part
- 10. the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- 11. a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- 12. structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- 13. a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- 14. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- 15. a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- 16. the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws;
- "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"
- "he plays behind the plate"