詞語：metate
metate的解釋
metate[mei'tɑ:tei]n.[美國英語]凹面(或平面)磨盤變形： metates
metate的意思
metate 凹面(或平面)磨盤(墨西哥和美國西南部用以碾磨谷粒、玉米等);
metate的參考例句
1.The expert eyes of others locate a metate (grinding slab) and hammer stones. 其他內行人則發現一些磨板和鎚石。
2.Europeans continued for centuries to use the Mesoamerican technique of grinding cacao beans on a "metate." 幾個世紀以來，歐洲人延用中美洲的技藝，用石頭碾磨可可豆。
3.To protect it, he picked up a nearby metate—or "corn grinder, " as he calls the stone basin the ancients used to pulverize their maize— and laid it over the skull. 為了保護它，他拿起手邊的磨盤（或者叫做「玉米研磨石」 ），呼籲人們用古人曾用的石盆來研磨他們的玉米，並把它覆蓋在這頭骨之上。