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He laid the tray down on the table.他把托盘放在桌子上。
First rub the baking tray well with butter.先用黄油仔细涂擦烤盘。
There's a tray under each tap to catch the beer slops.每个龙头下都有一个盘子来接溢出的啤酒。
"Oh, you're a sweetheart, " she said, when I placed the breakfast tray on her lap.
"Watch out!" he shouted, but it was too late - she had knocked the whole tray of drinks on the floor.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Trays, racks & boards in the home
baking tray
breadboard
cheeseboard
chopping board
cookie sheet
cutting board
dish rack
knife block
lazy Susan
place mat
plate rack
sheet pan
tea tray
toast rack
trivet
wine rack

tray | American Dictionary

tray
noun[ C ]
us/treɪ/
a flat container, usually with slightly raised edges, for carrying food and drinks:
She set the tray down between them.

Examples of tray

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Seeds were then germinated in a shadecloth 'nursery' (4% full daylight), in trays 5 cm deep filled with forest topsoil.
Each of the three trays was filled to overflowing with the surrounding dried feed (weighing approximately 1.2 kg) and the contents emptied monthly.
Samples from the same plot were stored in the same paper bag, and were then crumbled and mechanically homogenized in plastic mixing trays.
The trays were covered with fine nylon mesh to prevent feeding by animals.
Sandfilled plastic trays in the burrows served as a substrate for larval deposition.
Levels of relative humidity were maintained within the range of 60-80% by providing free water in trays in the cabinets when necessary.
There were trays on which stood sherry glasses filled with water.
Open-top stainless steel trays of two types were used.
She led him to the inner room where a lamp and trays were already set up.
The nursery plants were planted into trays with vermiculite and were watered daily.
A plastic sheet was placed at the top and bottom to prevent rain and dirt on the canopy and ground from contaminating the trays.
The floor of each cage was a drawer containing five zinc trays 5 inches in depth.
More plants were infected in trays with a predator present at all except the latest spray time (table 2, fig. 2).
In contrast, in trays with a predator present, the infections appeared to be random with respect to rows for all spray times (table 2).
The dishes were stored on shallow trays and were placed inside a plastic bag to retain moisture.
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