dish

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A dish is a shallow container with a wide uncovered top. You eat and serve food from dishes and cook food in them. 盘子
...plastic bowls and dishes. …塑料碗和盘子。
2. N-COUNT Food that is prepared in a particular style or combination can be referred to as a dish. (一道) 菜
There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from. 有许多道素菜可供选择。
3. N-COUNT You can use dish to refer to anything that is round and hollow in shape with a wide uncovered top. 盘形物
...a dish used to receive satellite broadcasts. …一个用于接收卫星广播的圆盘天线。
4. N-PLURAL All the objects that have been used to cook, serve, and eat a meal can be referred to as the dishes. 餐具
He'd cooked dinner and washed the dishes. 他做了晚餐，洗了餐具。
5. →see also satellite dish
6. PHRASE If you do the dishes, you wash the dishes. 洗碗
I hate doing the dishes. 我讨厌洗碗。

Here's a dish I prepared earlier .
It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort .
It's a simple dish to prepare , consisting mainly of rice and vegetables .
I had the the most expensive dish on the menu - a choice fillet of fish .
He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of unlikely ingredients .