I just need to get some things off my plate before we start taking over the world, that's all.

——Despicable Me

只不过在我们开始征服世界前，我得先把日程表的事情做完。

——《神偷奶爸》

一、下面我们来看看plate有几种含义

n.

1.盘子，碟子；一盘食物 [C]

Try the turkey plate, please.

请尝尝这道火鸡。

2.金（银）餐具 [U]

All the church plate has been locked up.

教堂用的金银器皿都锁起来了。

3.薄板，金属板 [C]

Rivet a metal plate on a roof.

把金属板用铆钉钉牢在屋顶上。

4.门牌；（医生等的）名牌；车牌 [C]

A brass plate on the wall said “Dr. Alan Clare”.

墙上的铜牌上写着“艾伦·克莱尔医生”。

5.【印】版，印版 [C]

A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper.

印版是用带墨印的橡胶柱体制成的，它可以转动着印到纸上。

6.【摄】底片，感光板 [C]

7.【医】托牙板；假牙托 [C]

Scholars had determined that the plates were constructed of lead.

学者已经鉴定出这副牙托是由铅所构成。

8.日程表 [C]

I have a lot on my plate now.

我的日程表上有很多事情。

9.【美】（棒球中的）本垒 [C]

v.

1.镀，电镀 [T]

To plate metal is to cover it with a thin layer of gold, or silver, ect.

镀金属是说在金属表面镀上一层金、等物。

2.为…加设钢板 [T]

The walls of the room are plated with steel.

房间的墙壁都装了钢板。

二、词义辨析：有哪些词汇能表示“盘子”的意思

dish, plate

这两个名词都可表示“盘子”之意。

dish是盘子的总称。

plate指供个人分菜食用的盘子。

三、含有plate的常见短语

armor plate

n. 钢板,装甲板

fashion plate

n. 1.时装样片，穿着时髦的人

license plate

n. 牌照

plate rack

n. 餐具架

plate tectonics

板块构造学说

四、最后，做个填词游戏吧

The tanks were mainly constructed of steel ______.
这些坦克车主要是用钢板制造的。