dish: [OE] Like dais, desk, and disc, dish comes ultimately from Greek dískos ‘quoit’. As their diversity of form and meaning suggests, they were acquired at various times and by various routes. English got dish around 700 AD from Latin discus, in which the original meaning ‘quoit’ had been extended metaphorically to ‘tray, platter, dish’ on the basis of the semantic features ‘roundness’ and ‘flatness’. => dais, desk, disc
Old English disc "plate, bowl, platter," from Latin discus "dish, platter, quoit," from Greek diskos "disk, platter" (see disk (n.)). A common West Germanic borrowing; Old High German borrowed the word as tisc "plate," but German tisch now means "table," in common with other later Romanic forms (such as Italian desco, French dais). Meaning "particular variety of food served" is first recorded mid-15c. Meaning "what one likes" is c. 1900; that of "attractive woman" is 1920s. Meaning "concave reflector or antenna" attested from 1948.
"to serve food," late 14c., from dish (n.). Meaning "to disparage, denigrate" first recorded 1940s; probably from the same notion in figurative dish it out "administer punishment" (1934). Related: Dished; dishing.
双语例句
1. The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.
编码信号由碟形卫星天线接收。
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2. I'll dish up and you can grate the Parmesan.
我来上菜，你把帕尔马干酪磨碎。
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3. Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
在搅拌做蛋奶酥的各种原料之前先要把盘子准备好。
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4. Try this tasty dish for supper with a crispy salad.
晚饭就着鲜脆的色拉尝尝这道佳肴。
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5. In a large microwave-proof dish, melt butter for 20 seconds.
