on a plate

基本解释

Then he lays the nuts on a plate and microwaves them on high power for 40 seconds. The shells pop open like steamed clams.
然後把慄子放在一個金屬板上，用微波爐高溫加熱40秒，慄子殼就會像蒸熟的蛤一樣裂開。
He says the brains of all people — and some animals — can tell the difference between, say, two cookies and three cookies on a plate.
他說，人類的腦部——還有一些動物的腦部——能夠分辨出碟子上兩個曲奇和三個曲奇之間的區別。
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Then they were asked to rate cookies bytasting at least one (but up to eight) cookies presented on a plate.
儅被要求喫磐子裡的餅乾（至少一塊，最多八塊）竝給出評價。

The revolution is based on the work of scientists who study the movement of the continents a process called plate tectonics.
One way is to allow these bacteria to grow on a plate that is loaded with antibiotics like Ampicillin.
一種方法,是讓這些細菌,在有大量抗生素如氨苄青黴素,的培養基上生長
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Now how do you find those colonies on a plate that have the plasmid that you want?
那我們如何辨別培養基上的哪些菌落,有我們需要的質粒呢
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The thing looks like it's about to go supersonic just sitting on a plate.
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