dish2 verb 1 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,说(…的)闲话dish on She’s ready to dish on boys, beauty, and break-ups in her new column. 她准备在新开的栏目里大谈有关男人、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〕分发,提供 We dished out some leaflets there too. 我们在那里也分发了一些传单。
Paul tends to dish out unwanted advice. 保罗总爱说些没人想听的建议。
b) to serve food to people 端上,从大盘里分〔食物〕 Sam’s dishing out sandwiches if you want one. 如果你想要三明治,萨姆正在分呢。
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 某人很会批评别人,但自己却不能接受批评 3 dish something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v DFto put food for a meal into dishes, ready to be eaten 把〔食物〕盛到盘里〔准备让人食用〕 Could you dish up the vegetables? 请你把蔬菜盛到盘子里,好吗?