Definition of tray in English:

tray

noun treɪtreɪ

A flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items or loose material.
浅盘，托盘，碟
they ate supper off a tray in front of the fire
a baking tray
seed trays
Example sentencesExamples
- If you leave them too long in shallow trays they grow extremely long tap roots which wind around and get tangled up.
- She scanned the room again and saw a pile of presents stacked on top of her food tray.
- They were explaining the layout of the food trays, and they looked like they were having a great time in zero gravity.
- The mixture is then drained, put in shallow wooden trays and covered by pinholed plastic.
- She placed the cup on her hand on the tray he was carrying and started walking toward Duke.
- The floor is rattling with empty beer bottles and polystyrene food trays.
- She would carry the tray across the room and set it down on the little table beside him.
- They each ordered a coffee and a muffin, and carried their trays to the far corner of the restaurant.
- The arrival of the landlord with a tray of food and bottles of beer and wine interrupted them.
- They also had to return the empty food trays and ended up staying for lunch most days.
- He watched as a line of servers carried silver trays stacked with food in the direction the men had gone.
- Miranda dismissed the other servants as she proceeded to prepare a tray of food and drink.
- They got all the food onto the trays and went out into the cafeteria to begin serving.
- When cold, pour it into an ice tray or other freezer container and pop it in the freezer.
- Brad and Julia tramped up the stairs, each carrying a tray laden with food and cups of coffee.
- To them can be attached numerous racks, trays and dividers for carrying all manner of cargo.
- He looked worse than any of the others, as he carried a tray of what I assumed to be coffee.
- He carried the tray of warm food up the precarious wooden stairs and opened the door.
- There were already a good number of people eating and several other people scurrying around with trays full of food.
- If no ground is available, let him sow seeds in empty yoghurt containers or used mushroom trays.
Synonyms
platter, plate, dish

Derivatives

trayful

nounPlural trayfuls ˈtreɪfʊlˈtreɪˌfʊl

Many traditional-style meals are on the current school menu, but children who opt for the ‘Stop, Pick and Go’ menu can potentially come away with a high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar trayful of snacks like pizza and crisps.
Example sentencesExamples
- Boys head out into the streets with trayfuls of cassettes.
- A young and fairly trendy crowd pack it to the rafters in the evening, so slide in just after lunch for a trayful of their superb cocktails.
- A souvenir seller enters with a trayful of statues of the gods and offers to tell them stories.
- One trayful of food was burned - purely for theatrical effect.

Origin

Late Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been 'wooden container'.

Late Old English trīg is from the Germanic base of tree (Old English). The primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’. Trough (Old English) had a primary meaning of ‘wooden vessel’ and is related. The notion of a downturn on a graph or similar representation dates from the late 19th century in meteorology, the early 20th century in economics, and generally (peaks and troughs) from the 1930s.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of tray in US English:

tray

nountrātreɪ

A flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items.
浅盘，托盘，碟
they ate supper off a tray in front of the fire
a baking tray
seed trays
Example sentencesExamples
- If no ground is available, let him sow seeds in empty yoghurt containers or used mushroom trays.
- Brad and Julia tramped up the stairs, each carrying a tray laden with food and cups of coffee.
- They each ordered a coffee and a muffin, and carried their trays to the far corner of the restaurant.
- To them can be attached numerous racks, trays and dividers for carrying all manner of cargo.
- They were explaining the layout of the food trays, and they looked like they were having a great time in zero gravity.
- They also had to return the empty food trays and ended up staying for lunch most days.
- They got all the food onto the trays and went out into the cafeteria to begin serving.
- The arrival of the landlord with a tray of food and bottles of beer and wine interrupted them.
- He looked worse than any of the others, as he carried a tray of what I assumed to be coffee.
- She placed the cup on her hand on the tray he was carrying and started walking toward Duke.
- The floor is rattling with empty beer bottles and polystyrene food trays.
- She scanned the room again and saw a pile of presents stacked on top of her food tray.
- There were already a good number of people eating and several other people scurrying around with trays full of food.
- He watched as a line of servers carried silver trays stacked with food in the direction the men had gone.
- The mixture is then drained, put in shallow wooden trays and covered by pinholed plastic.
- When cold, pour it into an ice tray or other freezer container and pop it in the freezer.
- She would carry the tray across the room and set it down on the little table beside him.
- Miranda dismissed the other servants as she proceeded to prepare a tray of food and drink.
- If you leave them too long in shallow trays they grow extremely long tap roots which wind around and get tangled up.
- He carried the tray of warm food up the precarious wooden stairs and opened the door.
Synonyms
platter, plate, dish

Origin

Late Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’.

词汇	tray
释义	Definition of tray in English: tray noun treɪtreɪ A flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items or loose material. 浅盘，托盘，碟 they ate supper off a tray in front of the fire a baking tray seed trays Example sentencesExamples If you leave them too long in shallow trays they grow extremely long tap roots which wind around and get tangled up. She scanned the room again and saw a pile of presents stacked on top of her food tray. They were explaining the layout of the food trays, and they looked like they were having a great time in zero gravity. The mixture is then drained, put in shallow wooden trays and covered by pinholed plastic. She placed the cup on her hand on the tray he was carrying and started walking toward Duke. The floor is rattling with empty beer bottles and polystyrene food trays. She would carry the tray across the room and set it down on the little table beside him. They each ordered a coffee and a muffin, and carried their trays to the far corner of the restaurant. The arrival of the landlord with a tray of food and bottles of beer and wine interrupted them. They also had to return the empty food trays and ended up staying for lunch most days. He watched as a line of servers carried silver trays stacked with food in the direction the men had gone. Miranda dismissed the other servants as she proceeded to prepare a tray of food and drink. They got all the food onto the trays and went out into the cafeteria to begin serving. When cold, pour it into an ice tray or other freezer container and pop it in the freezer. Brad and Julia tramped up the stairs, each carrying a tray laden with food and cups of coffee. To them can be attached numerous racks, trays and dividers for carrying all manner of cargo. He looked worse than any of the others, as he carried a tray of what I assumed to be coffee. He carried the tray of warm food up the precarious wooden stairs and opened the door. There were already a good number of people eating and several other people scurrying around with trays full of food. If no ground is available, let him sow seeds in empty yoghurt containers or used mushroom trays. Synonyms platter, plate, dish Derivatives trayful nounPlural trayfuls ˈtreɪfʊlˈtreɪˌfʊl Many traditional-style meals are on the current school menu, but children who opt for the ‘Stop, Pick and Go’ menu can potentially come away with a high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar trayful of snacks like pizza and crisps. Example sentencesExamples Boys head out into the streets with trayfuls of cassettes. A young and fairly trendy crowd pack it to the rafters in the evening, so slide in just after lunch for a trayful of their superb cocktails. A souvenir seller enters with a trayful of statues of the gods and offers to tell them stories. One trayful of food was burned - purely for theatrical effect. Origin Late Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been 'wooden container'. Late Old English trīg is from the Germanic base of tree (Old English). The primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’. Trough (Old English) had a primary meaning of ‘wooden vessel’ and is related. The notion of a downturn on a graph or similar representation dates from the late 19th century in meteorology, the early 20th century in economics, and generally (peaks and troughs) from the 1930s. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of tray in US English: tray nountrātreɪ A flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items. 浅盘，托盘，碟 they ate supper off a tray in front of the fire a baking tray seed trays Example sentencesExamples If no ground is available, let him sow seeds in empty yoghurt containers or used mushroom trays. Brad and Julia tramped up the stairs, each carrying a tray laden with food and cups of coffee. They each ordered a coffee and a muffin, and carried their trays to the far corner of the restaurant. To them can be attached numerous racks, trays and dividers for carrying all manner of cargo. They were explaining the layout of the food trays, and they looked like they were having a great time in zero gravity. They also had to return the empty food trays and ended up staying for lunch most days. They got all the food onto the trays and went out into the cafeteria to begin serving. The arrival of the landlord with a tray of food and bottles of beer and wine interrupted them. He looked worse than any of the others, as he carried a tray of what I assumed to be coffee. She placed the cup on her hand on the tray he was carrying and started walking toward Duke. The floor is rattling with empty beer bottles and polystyrene food trays. She scanned the room again and saw a pile of presents stacked on top of her food tray. There were already a good number of people eating and several other people scurrying around with trays full of food. He watched as a line of servers carried silver trays stacked with food in the direction the men had gone. The mixture is then drained, put in shallow wooden trays and covered by pinholed plastic. When cold, pour it into an ice tray or other freezer container and pop it in the freezer. She would carry the tray across the room and set it down on the little table beside him. Miranda dismissed the other servants as she proceeded to prepare a tray of food and drink. If you leave them too long in shallow trays they grow extremely long tap roots which wind around and get tangled up. He carried the tray of warm food up the precarious wooden stairs and opened the door. Synonyms platter, plate, dish Origin Late Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’.
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