pallet

名词 pallet:

1. the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
   同义词：palette
2. a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
3. a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
4. a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
5. board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
   同义词：palette

pallet

n.（名词）
A projection on a machine part, such as a pawl for controlling the motion of a ratchet wheel in a watch escapement, that engages the teeth of a ratchet wheel to convert reciprocating motion to rotary motion or vice versa.
棘爪：机器部件上的一个突出部分，例如在一个观察棘轮装置中控制棘轮运转的棘爪，用来衔接棘轮的齿，以将往复运动转换为旋转运动；反之亦然
A wooden, shovellike potter`s tool used for mixing and shaping clay.
（陶工）木抹子：陶工的一种木制铲状的，用来混和未定型泥土的工具
A tool used for printing or gilding letters on book bindings or taking up and applying gold leaf.
烫书脊用金属板：用于印刷或修饰缚书中的字母或从事或应用于封页的一种工具
A portable platform used for storing or moving cargo or freight.
托盘，集装架：用于储存或搬运货物的轻便平台
A painter`s palette.
画家的调色板

来源：
Middle English palet [tongue depressor]
中古英语 palet [压舌板]
from Old French palete [small potter`s shovel] * see palette
源自 古法语 palete [陶工的小杓子] *参见 palette

pallet
pallet 2

n.（名词）
A narrow, hard bed or straw-filled mattress.
草垫：一种窄的硬床或装满草的垫子
Chiefly Southern U.S. A temporary bed made from bedding arranged on the floor, especially for a child.
【多用于美国南部】 简陋的床：在地板上搭成的一种临时的床，特别是为小孩

来源：
Middle English paillet
中古英语 paillet
from Anglo-Norman [bundle of straw]
源自 英法语 [一捆草]
from paille [straw]
源自 paille [草]
from Late Latin palea * see paillasse
源自 后期拉丁语 palea *参见 paillasse