Soon, the term " boilerplate" came to mean the actual printed material on the plates as well as to the plates themselves.

不久，术语“boilerplate”开始版上实际刷材料以及版本身。

That's why he hid the plate instead of using it.

所以他没用版 而把它藏了起来。

I'm curious. The plate in question?

我很好奇提到这个版？

I told him about the plate while we were at rikers.

在监狱里我跟他提过版。

How did Ford know about the plate?

福德怎么知道版事？

Well, if he really wanted out, he could have destroyed the plate.

如果他真想隐退，大可以毁掉版。

Okay. The plate is the real deal, but it's just a start.

好吧 版确最重要 但那只个开始。

If Ganz had found that plate in her house...

要甘斯发现版在她家就糟了。

He took down a slim volume in duodecimo, printed in the seventeenth century, with queer plates, on which were all manner of cabbalistic signs.

他记下了一本 17 世纪刷薄薄十二卷， 上面有奇怪版， 上面有各种各样神秘符号。

Printers apparently dubbed those syndicated plates " boiler plates" because of their resemblance to the plating used in making steam boilers. Soon boilerplate came to refer to the printed material on the plates as well as to the plates themselves.

刷商显然将这些联合版称为“锅炉版”，因为它们与制造蒸汽锅炉所用镀层相似。很快，样板就开始版上刷材料以及版本身。