platter

platter
noun
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  1. (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
  1. Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French plater, from plat 'large dish' (see plate)
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