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plate glass

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Construction, Glass
ˌplate ˈglass noun [uncountable]  TBCTIGbig pieces of glass made in large thick sheets, used especially in shop windows 〔尤用于商店橱窗的〕平板玻璃
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plate glassInside appeared a dark labyrinth of ravaged shelves behind plate glass still festooned with the posters advertising special Christmas bargains.Glass in gorgeous colors, and glass in workaday sheets of homely pale-green plate glass.Those that had iron gratings locked them across the plate glass.Bodie flung himself to the window-sill, leaning hard up against the plate glass and searching to right and left of the playground.On Halloween, children come and paint the plate glass window.Lucy walked up the fight of steps; the plate glass doors slid open electronically as she crossed the beam.A glance through the plate glass doors of the supermarket itself sent her heart plummeting to her boots.A pair of wide plate glass windows peer into an Alician wonderland of exotic beings.
ˌplate ˈglass nounChineseSyllable
thick sheets, pieces made big of in glass Corpus large


plate glass
ˌplate ˈglass noun [uncountable]
big pieces of glass made in large thick sheets, used especially in shop windows


plate glassBrE /ˌpleɪt ˈɡlɑːs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpleɪt ˈɡlæs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] very clear glass of good quality, made in thick sheets, used for doors, windows of shops/stores, etc. 平板玻璃