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license plate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles
ˈlicense plate noun [countable]  American EnglishTTC one of the signs with numbers on it at the front and back of a car 〔汽车的〕牌照,车牌 SYN British English number plate4  See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车5 see picture at 见图 car
Examples from the Corpus
license platePolice found the car in Knoxville, Tenn., with an Arizona license plate in the trunk.He swore he only saw Soares' license plate after the radar has been activated.What better suspect than some one with an out-of-state license plate, parked so very near the scene of the crime?The date on the license plate was 1967, which would make Billy Pilgrim forty-four years old.
ˈlicense plate nounChineseSyllable
one it of on at the signs Corpus with numbers


license plate
ˈlicense plate noun [countable]
American English one of the signs with numbers on it at the front and back of a car
   SYN  number plate British English


license plateBrE /ˈlaɪsns pleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlaɪsns pleɪt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˈnumber plate) nouna metal or plastic plate on the front and back of a vehicle that shows its license number (车辆的)牌照,号码牌