名詞 pallet:

1. the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：palette

pallet

n.（名詞）
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：機(jī)器部件上的一個(gè)突出部分，例如在一個(gè)觀察棘輪裝置中控制棘輪運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的棘爪，用來銜接棘輪的齒，以將往復(fù)運(yùn)動(dòng)轉(zhuǎn)換為旋轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)；反之亦然
A wooden, shovellike potter`s tool used for mixing and shaping clay.
（陶工）木抹子：陶工的一種木制鏟狀的，用來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.
燙書脊用金屬板：用于印刷或修飾縛書中的字母或從事或應(yīng)用于封頁的一種工具
A portable platform used for storing or moving cargo or freight.
托盤，集裝架：用于儲(chǔ)存或搬運(yùn)貨物的輕便平臺(tái)
A painter`s palette.
畫家的調(diào)色板

來源：
Middle English palet [tongue depressor]
中古英語 palet [壓舌板]
from Old French palete [small potter`s shovel] * see palette
源自 古法語 palete [陶工的小杓子] *參見 palette

pallet
pallet 2

n.（名詞）
A narrow, hard bed or straw-filled mattress.
草墊：一種窄的硬床或裝滿草的墊子
Chiefly Southern U.S. A temporary bed made from bedding arranged on the floor, especially for a child.
【多用于美國南部】 簡陋的床：在地板上搭成的一種臨時(shí)的床，特別是為小孩

來源：
Middle English paillet
中古英語 paillet
from Anglo-Norman [bundle of straw]
源自 英法語 [一捆草]
from paille [straw]
源自 paille [草]
from Late Latin palea * see paillasse
源自 后期拉丁語 palea *參見 paillasse