n.[C]

1. 碟，盘
   Mary put the peaches in a white dish.

   玛丽将桃子装在一个白盘子里。

2. 一盘菜；菜肴
   Fried eggs are my favorite dish.

   煎蛋是我最喜爱的菜。

3. （用过的所有）餐具[the P]
   I'll do the dishes tonight.

   今晚我洗餐具。

4. 碟状物；反射碟；抛物面天线
5. 【口】（性方面）有魅力的人；美女

vt.

1. 盛……于盘中
   She dished the strawberries into the bowl.

   她将草莓盛入碗中。

2. 使成碟状
3. 【英】【口】挫败，毁掉

vi.

1. 成碟状

n.

1. a shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food.
   ▸ (the dishes) all the items used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal.
   ▸a shallow, concave receptacle:

   a soap dish.
   ▸ (also dish aerial) a bowl-shaped radio aerial.
2. a particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal.
3. informal a sexually attractive person.
4. (the dish) informal information which is not generally known or available.
5. concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension.

v.

1. (dish something out/up) put food on to a plate or plates before a meal.
   ▸ (dish something out) dispense something in a casual or indiscriminate way.
2. informal, chiefly Brit. utterly destroy or defeat.
3. N. Amer. informal gossip.
4. [usu. as adj. dished] make slightly concave.