plat‧form S3 W3 / plætfɔm $ -fɔrm / 名词 [可数名词]

1 train especially British English the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station :

The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six.

2 for speeches a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc :

a small raised platform at one end of the room

3 politics

a) [通常单数形式] the main ideas and aims of a political party, especially the ones that they state just before an election → plank :

a strong women’s rights platform

the Labour party platform

b) a chance for someone to express their opinions, especially their political opinions

platform for

The conference provides a platform for people on the left wing of the party.

4 structure a tall structure built so that people can stand or work above the surrounding area :

an oil exploration platform

5 computers the type of computer system or software that someone uses :

the UNIX platform

a multimedia platform

6 express ideas an opportunity to express your ideas to a large number of people

platform for

We mustn’t give these groups a platform for their propaganda.

7 bus British English the open part at the back of some double-decker buses, where passengers get on and off

8 shoes platforms ( also platform shoes ) [复数形式] shoes that have a thick layer of wood, leather etc under the front part and the heel

THESAURUS

station a place where trains or buses regularly stop : The town has its own railway station. | Paddington Station in west London | the bus station

terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line : We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus. | the railway terminus in central Calcutta

track [通常复数形式] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from : The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.

platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from : Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.

ticket office ( also booking office British English ) the place at a station where tickets are sold : You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.

departures board British English ( also departure board American English ) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave : The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.