a large flat dish or plate, typically made of metal or wood, for serving food 大浅盘(常用金属或木头做成,用于端食物) ■a quantity of food served on such a dish 一大浅盘的食物 huge platters of cooked meat. 大盘大盘的熟肉。 ■a meal or selection of food placed on a platter, especially one served in a restaurant 拼盘 dinner was a bowl of soup and a cold platter. 晚餐有一碗汤和一个冷盘。
something shaped like such a dish or plate, in particular 大浅盘状东西,尤指 ■(informal, dated)a gramophone record (非正式,旧)(留声机)唱片 ■the rotating metal disc forming the turntable of a record player (录音机)转盘 ■(Computing)a rigid rotating disk on which data is stored in a disk drive; a hard disk (considered as a physical object) (计算机)磁盘;硬盘
常用词组 on a silver platter
(informal)used to indicate that someone receives or achieves something with little or no effort (非正式)毫不费力地,轻而易举地
语源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat 'large dish' (see plate)