tray

plateau

Objet plat à bords relevés servant à transporter ou à servir des aliments et des boissons.

En anglais simple : A flat object with raised edges, used for carrying or serving food and drinks.

• Put the cups on the tray.
• She carried a tray of sandwiches outside.
• Could you bring another tray for the plates?

Expressions courantes : serving tray, tray of food, on a tray, carry a tray

plateau

Quantité d’aliments ou d’autres choses que contient ou peut contenir un plateau.

En anglais simple : The amount of food or other things held on one flat carrying surface.

• They ate a whole tray of cookies.
• We ordered two trays of sandwiches.
• One tray will feed six people.

Comment l'utiliser : tray of something (We ate a tray of small cakes.)

Synonymes : trayful

Expressions courantes : tray of something, whole tray, another tray

mettre sur un plateau

Mettre des choses sur un plateau pour les ranger, les servir ou les transporter.

En anglais simple : To put things on a flat carrying surface for storage, serving, or transport.

• Tray the eggs carefully.
• The kitchen staff trayed the meals before lunch.
• We need to tray these cakes for delivery.

Expressions courantes : tray the eggs, tray the food

glisser sur un plateau

Descendre une pente enneigée en étant assis sur un plateau de cantine.

En anglais simple : To slide down a snowy hill while sitting on a cafeteria carrying surface.

• Students tray on the snowy hill.
• We trayed down the slope after lunch.
• They were traying behind the cafeteria all afternoon.

Comment l'utiliser : tray down something (The students trayed down the snowy slope.)

Expressions courantes : tray downhill, tray down something