English Dictionary

plate

IPA（発音記号）

/pleɪt/

名詞

不可算名詞 比喩的用法 歴史的 古風 コックニー 俗語 広義 オーストラリア英語

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. / (uncountable) Such dishes collectively. / The contents of such a dish. / A course at a meal.

日本語の意味

食事を運ぶため、もしくは食事をするために使われる、わずかに湾曲したほぼ平らな皿。 / そのような皿全体を指す（不可算名詞としての用法）。 / その皿に盛られた食べ物、すなわち皿に入った料理の内容物。 / 食事の一品として提供される料理。

She set a clean plate beside his bowl before serving the soup.

彼女はスープを出す前に、彼の椀の隣にきれいな皿を置いた。

意味（1）

A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.

I filled my plate from the bountiful table.

意味（2）

(uncountable) Such dishes collectively.

意味（3）

The contents of such a dish.

I ate a plate of beans.

意味（4）

A course at a meal.

The meat plate was particularly tasty.

意味（5）

(figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities

With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.

意味（6）

A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.

A clutch usually has two plates.

意味（7）

A vehicle license plate.

He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.

意味（8）

A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.

意味（9）

(historical) Plate armor.

He was confronted by two knights in full plate.

意味（10）

A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating

The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.

意味（11）

A material covered with such a layer.

If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.

意味（12）

(dated) An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.

The tea was served in the plate.

意味（13）

(weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.

意味（14）

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

We finished making the plates this morning.

意味（15）

(printing, photography) An image or copy.

意味（16）

(printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.

意味（17）

(dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.

意味（18）

(construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.

意味（19）

(Cockney rhyming slang) A foot, from "plates of meat".

Sit down and give your plates a rest.

意味（20）

(baseball) Home plate.

There was a close play at the plate.

意味（21）

(geology) A tectonic plate.

He hewd, and lasht, and foynd, and thondred blowes, And euery way did seeke into his life, Ne plate, ne male could ward so mighty throwes, But yeilded passage to his cruell knife.

意味（22）

(herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.

意味（23）

(engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.

意味（24）

(engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.

Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.

意味（25）

A prize given to the winner in a contest.

意味（26）

(chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.

意味（27）

(aviation, travel industry, dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.

意味（28）

(aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.

意味（29）

(Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.

意味（30）

One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.

意味（31）

A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

意味（32）

(furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

意味（33）

(hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.

意味（34）

(music) A record, usually vinyl.

意味（35）

(military) trauma plate.

The SAPI plate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact.

plates （ plural ）