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pieces of horn or bone that
cover and protect an animal 盾片；鱗甲；护甲：the armadiHo’s
protective s/ieH 〇/ bo/iy piates犰狳的一层防护性鱗甲
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GEOLOGY 地■质学.10
[C]
one of the very large pieces of rock that form the earth’s surface and move
slowly 板块：the Paci/ic pZate 太平洋板块◊ Earthquafces
are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other. 地震是由两块地壳构造板块互相碰撞造成的。一 see also PLATE TECTONICS
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PRINT丨NG/PHOTOGRAPHY 印刷；摄影 11 [C] a photograph that is used as a picture in a
book, especially one that is printed on a separate page on high quality paper 书籍 插图照片；C尤指优质纸上的）整页插图：The book indudes 55 colour pkites.本书有 55 幅彩色插图。◊ See pZate 4.见彩图 4。12 [C] a sheet of
metal, plastic, etc. that has been treated so that words or pictures can be
printed from it (印刷用的）印版，图版：a printing jrfate 印版 13 [C] a thin sheet of glass, metal，etc. that is covered with chemicals so
that it reacts to light and can form an image, used in larger or .older cameras
:(.玻 璃、金属等）底片，感光板
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IN MOUTH □ 14 [C] a thin piece of
plastic that fits
inside your mouth, that has
artificial teeth attached to it，or wire, etc. to make
the teeth straight 假牙托；托牙
板；假牙未一compare brace n.(2), dentures
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IN BASEBALL 棒球' 15
[sing.] = home
plate
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!N CHURCH 教堂 16 (usually the plate)'[sing.] a flat dish that is
used to collect money from people in a church 奉献盘；捐款盘
—see also bookplate,
breastplate, footplate, hotplate IT»T?1 have enough/a lot/too much on your 'plate (informal) to have a lot of work or problems, etc.
to. deal with 问庭（或工作等）成堆 _ more at hand
v.
■
verb [VN] [usually passive] 1 to cover a metal
with a thin layer of another metal, ■ especially gold or silver 电镀
(尤指镀金、镀银）：a siZver ringpZated
with goW — k 镀金的 II戒指一see also gold-plated,
silver-plated at silver plate 2 to cover sth with
sheets of metal or another hard substance为…加设护板；（用金属板等） 覆盖：’ The waZk o/t/ie vauZt werepZated with sted.病险
库的墙壁都装了钢―。一 see also armour-plated plat-eau /'plaetau; NAmE plae'tou/ noun, verb unoun [pi. plat-eaux or plat-eaus /-tauz; NAmE -'touz/) 1 an area of flat land that is higher than
the land around it 高原 2 a time of little or no change after a
period of growth or progress (发展、增长后的）稳定
期，停滞期：has readied a pZateau•通货膨胀 停了下来。
■
verb [V]〜（out) to stay at a steady level after a
period .of growth or progress (在一段时期的发展后）保持稳定水
平,：处于停滞状态：IMemptoyment has at
tost pZateaued out.失业情况终于稳定了下来。
plate-ful /'pleitful/ noun the amount that a plate holds 一盘之量；盘：She ate
threepkite_/ifls 〇/印aghetti.她吃
了三盘意大利面条。一compare plate
/?.(2)
.plate 'glass noun [U] very clear glass of good quality, made in thick
sheets, used for doors, windows of shops/stores, etc.平板—璃
plate-lay-er /'pleitlei0(r)/ nourl {Br£} a person whose job is
to lay and repair railway tracks (铁路）铺轨养
路工
plate-let /'pleitlat/ noun a very small part of a cell in the blood, shaped like
a disc. Platelets help to clot the
blood from a cut or wound.血小板 .plate tec'tonics noun [U] (geology itfe) the movements of the large sheets
of rock (called plates) that form
the earth's surface; the scientific study of these movements 板块运动；板块构造学
pl<lt-f〇Mn /'plaetform; NAmEnoun
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AT TRAIN STATION 火车站 1 the raised flat area beside
the track at a train
station where you get on or off the train 站台；月台：What does i't go 介om?
.火车从哪个‘台发车?'■◊{份f) TTie train now
standing at pki^orm J is/orieeds.停靠；jk 1号站台的火车是开往利
兹的。一compare track n. (4)
FOR PERFORMERS 表演用 2 a flat surface
raised above the level of the ground or floor, used by public
speakers or performers so that
the audience can see tfiem 讲台.；舞台 EBE1 rostrum ： Coming onto the pZa^form now is
tonig/it’s conductor, Jane.GZover.现在出 场的是今晚的指挥简•格洛弗。◊
Representatives 〇/both parties shared a
platform (= they spoke at the same meeting).两党的代表同台发言。
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RAISED SURFACE 凸运的平面 3 a raised level
surface, for example one that equipment stands on or is operated from平台：an oil/gcu! p〖aJ/orm石油/天然气钻井平台
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a launchpk^form (= for spacecraft)发射平台◊ a viewing platform
giving stunning views over the valley 纵览山谷美景的观景台
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POLITICS/OPINIONS 政治；观点 4 [usually sing.] the
aims of a political party and the things that they say they will do if they are
elected to power (政党的）纲领，政纲，
宣言：They are campaigning on an anti-immigration pto^orm.他们正在宣传反对外来移民的政纲。5 an opportunity or a place for sb to express their
opinions publicly or make progress in a particular area (;:公开表
达意见或在某方面发展的）机会，阵地，讲坛：Shelved the newspaper column
as a piatform for her feminist Wews.她以这个报纸专栏为讲坛，宣传她的女权主义
观点。
►'COMPUTING ■计算机'释术.6 the type of computer system or the software that is
used 计知机平台：an IBM plat- /orm'国际商用机器公司平台〇_a muirimediapkztform多 媒体平台
►■SHOES 鞋子 7 a high thick sole of a shoe 厚鞋底：plat- /orm shoes厚底鞋
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ON'BUS 公 t丨8 (8r£) the open part at the back of a double-decker bus where you get on or off (双层汽
，的）产出入q，入口平台
BRItlSH/AMERKAN英国/美国英语 platform ♦ track
觸.In British stations
the platforms, where passengers get on and off trains，liave different
numbers•在英
国火车站，旅客上下火车的站台（platform )有不同
的编夸•〆 The Edinburgh train.is waiting at platform
4.去爱丁堡的火车在4号站台等候。
■ In stations in the
USA, it is the track that the train trave丨s along_that has a number.在美国火车站，■按
火车的轨道 < track )编号：7>je fra/rt /or C/?/cogo /s on trac/r
9:去芝加哥的火车在第9道。
'platform
game (also
plat-form-er /'plaetfD：ma(r); NAmE -foirm-/)
n〇un a computer game in
which the player controls a character who jumps and climbs between platforms at
different positions on the screen
(电_脑）平台游戏，跳爬游戏
plat-ing /'pleitirj/ noun [U]
1 a thin covering of a
metal, especially silver or gold, on another metal 键层 键在
金属上的其他金属薄层> 2a layer of
coverings, especially of metal plates 外层； (尤指）金属板护层：
armour
ptoting襄甲敷板
plat-inum /'plaetmam/ noun [U] [symb Pt) a chemical element.
Platinum is a silver-grey precious metal, used in making
expensive jewellery and in industry.
铂；_白金_
.platinum 'blonde noun {informal) a
woman whose hair is a very pale silver colour, especially because it has been
coloured with chemicals; this colour of hair
银发女郎（尤指染发的）；（头发的）银色八口_3«1111111 'blonde adj.
.platinum 'disc noun a
platinum record in a frame, given to a singer, etc. who has sold a very high
number of records (给唱片销售量极高的歌手等颁发的)金唱片
plati-tude /'plaetitjuid; NAmE -tu:d/
noun
{disapproving) a comment or statement
that has been made very often before and is therefore not interesting _陈词滥调；老生
常谈► plati.tud.in.ous
/,plaeti’tju:din9s;
/SWmf -_tu:d9n9s/ adj. (formal)
pla-ton-ic /pla'tDmk; NAmE -'tain-/ adj. (of
a relationship 关系)friendly
but not involving sex兩拉图••式的（指不含
性金）：pZatonic iove 柏拉图式的爱◊ TTieir
relationship is stricrtyptotonic.他们品关系完4是纯友谊。