◙ noun 1. a shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food • 碟，盘 »an ovenproof dish. 一只耐热盘。 the food contained or served in such a container • 放在碟（或盘）中的食物 »a dish of sautépotatoes. 一碟炒土豆。 a particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal • 一道菜 »fresh fish dishes. 鲜鱼餐。 »films are always the main Christmas dish. 电影总是圣诞节的一道大餐。 (the dishes)all the items that have been used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal • 全部餐具 »I left the children to do the dishes. 我让孩子们洗碗。 [usu. with modifier] a shallow, concave receptacle, especially one intended to hold a particular substance • 凹形容器 »a soap dish. 肥皂盒。 (也作 dish aerial)a bowl-shaped radio aerial • 抛物面天线。 --› seesatellite dish 2. [informal] a sexually attractive person • [非正式] 性感的人 »I gather he's quite a dish. 我猜他是个很性感的人。 (one's dish)[dated] a thing that one particularly enjoys or does particularly well • [旧] 喜欢做的事；擅长做的事 »as a public relations man this was my dish and the campaign was right up my street. 作为公关先生，这是我的强项，并且这场活动就在我那条街上举办。 3. (the dish)[informal] information which is not generally known or available • [非正式] 不为人知的消息；一般人得不到的消息 »if he has the real dish I wish he'd tell us. 如果他有真“料”的话，我希望他会爆给我们。 4. [mass noun] concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension on each side and consequent sideways displacement of the rim in relation to the hub • 轮盘 ◙ verb, [with obj.] 1. (dish something out/up)put (food) on to a plate or plates before a meal • （就餐前）将（食物）盛于盘中 »Steve was dishing up vegetables. 斯蒂夫正在盛蔬菜。 »[with two objs] she dished him out a plate of stew. 她给他盛了一盘炖肉。 »pop stars who dish up remixes of their old hits. 将自己原来的热门歌曲拼凑一番的流行歌星。 (dish something out)dispense something in a casual or indiscriminate way • 随意地（或不加选择地）分发 »the banks dished out loans to all and sundry. 这些银行发放贷款是不加选择，谁都给。 (dish it out)[informal] subject others to criticism or punishment • [非正式] 加以批评；加以惩罚 »you can dish it out but you can't take it. 你可以横加指责，但却不能接受批评。 [no obj.] [N. Amer. informal] gossip or share information, especially information of an intimate or scandalous nature • [北美，非正式] 闲谈（或互通）消息（尤指隐秘的或诽谤性的消息） »groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances. 人们聚在一起，吹吹孩子，聊聊风流韵事。 2. (informal, chiefly Brit.)utterly destroy, confound, or defeat (someone or something) • [非正式，主英] 彻底摧毁；挫败；战胜 »the election interview dished Labour's chances. 竞选访谈让工党彻底出局。 3. give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes (seesense 4 of the noun) • 使成轮盘状（见名词义项4）
【IDIOMS】
◘ dish the dirt 1. [informal] reveal or spread scandalous informationor gossip • [非正式] 散布流言飞语
【派生】
♦ dishful nounpl.-fuls
【语源】
1. Old English disc 'plate, bowl' (related to Dutch dis, German Tisch 'table'), based on Latin discus (seediscus)