英和和英

固有名詞

the Plate

1. The River Plate.
   • 1832, David Brewster, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopædia, volume 17, page 288:

     […] ; but the tributary waters of the Plate issuing from the eastern and western plateaus, flow towards each other, unite in the heart of the continent, and continue over the central plain to the Atlantic.

   • 1947, Betty de Sherbinin, The River Plate republics, page 221:

     To the southwest 235 miles of Uruguay's coast meet the muddy waters of the Plate. The tide plays tricks with the sediment-laden discharge of the great river and drives it back onto the coast, […]

   • 2002, Andrew Graham-Yooll, Imperial Skirmishes: War and Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America, page 6:

     A series of lucky shots from the small fort at Colonia had set fire to the Lord Clive, which was unable to manoeuvre in the shallow waters of the Plate. It did not stop burning till the flames reached the water line.

   • 2004, Dudley Pope, The Battle Of The River Plate: The Hunt For The German Pocket Battleship Graf Spree, page 184:

     It would be preferable in view of the shortage of ammunition to blow her up in the shallow waters of the Plate and to have the crew interned.

     translating a telegram sent in 1939 to the German Foreign Office

派生語

アナグラム

• -petal, Patel, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, pleat, tepal

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈpɫa.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈplaː.te]

固有名詞

Platē f sg (genitive Platēs); first declension

1. An island off the coast of Troad

語形変化

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.

参照

• “Plate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.