dish2 verb1 TALK TO somebody[intransitiveI, transitiveT] informal to give a lot of information about something or someone, especially something that would usually be secret or private 揭(…的)隐私,說(…的)閒話dish onShe’s ready to dish on boys, beauty, and break-ups in her new column. 她準備在新開的欄目裏大談有關男人、美容和感情破裂方面的事。
dish the dirt (=tell people shocking things about someone’s private life) 揭隐私
2 dish something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) to give something to various people in a careless way 〔随意地〕分發,提供We dished out some leaflets there too. 我們在那裏也分發了一些傳單。
Paul tends to dish out unwanted advice. 保羅總愛說些沒人想聽的建議。
b) to serve food to people 端上,從大盤裏分〔食物〕Sam’s dishing out sandwiches if you want one. 如果你想要三明治,薩姆正在分呢。
c) somebody can dish it out but they can’t take it used to say that someone often criticizes other people, but does not like being criticized 某人很會批評别人,但自己卻不能接受批評 3 dish something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v DFto put food for a meal into dishes, ready to be eaten 把〔食物〕盛到盤裏〔準備讓人食用〕Could you dish up the vegetables? 請你把蔬菜盛到盤子裏,好嗎?