plate比dish要淺；dish還可以指菜肴和泛指餐具。plate主要是指比較平、比較淺的盤子；dish通常指較深的橢圓形盤子，一般放在餐桌中央。dish可以泛指各式各樣的盤子，所以plate也是dish的一種。

plate例句

Don't touch that plate ─ it's hot!

別碰那個盤子，燙手！

She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces.

她把盤子掉在地上打碎了。

He piled as much food as he could onto his plate.

他把食物猛往自己盤子里堆。

The tanks were mainly constructed of steel plates.

這些坦克車主要是用鋼板制造的。

dish例句

Here in the dining hall the cooks dish out chicken à la king.

在餐廳這兒廚師們把皇家奶油雞裝盤。

Here's a dish that is simple and quick to make.

這是一道簡單易做的菜。

Try this new dish, created by our head chef.

品嘗一下這道新菜吧，是我們廚師長首創(chuàng)的。

Never mind washing the dishes ─ I'll do them later.

別管洗碟子的事了——等一下我會洗。