plate(plates)
n. a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score 同义词：home platehome basehome
a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten the quantity contained in a plate 同义词：plateful
a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly 同义词：crustal plate
the thin under portion of the forequarter a main course served on a plate"a vegetable plate"; " the blue plate special"
any flat platelike body structure or part the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded 同义词：photographic plate
structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage a shallow receptacle for collection in church 同义词：collection plate
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) 同义词：scaleshell
a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth 同义词：denturedental plate
v.coat with a layer of metal"plate spoons with silver"