中文翻译与英英解释

1.时装样片。
2.衣着时髦的人。

fashion:    n. 1.时髦，时兴；风气，潮流；时新式样；时兴货品；〔 ...

plate:    n. 1.厚金属板 〔cf. sheet〕 板(片)；( ...

a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
同义词：dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, clotheshorse,

A fashion plate is an illustration (a plate) demonstrating the highlights of fashionable styles of clothing. Fashion plates are not depictions of specific people, but are instead generalized portraits, meant only to dictate the style of clothes that a tailor, dressmaker, or store could make or sell, or to show how different materials could be made up into clothes.