来自西班牙语plaza,广场，来自拉丁语platea,庭院，开阔地，词源同place,plate.

1. Across the busy plaza, vendors sell hot dogs and croissant sandwiches.

在热闹广场的另一边，摊贩叫卖着热狗和羊角三明治。

2. Cocktails at the Plaza was a nightly ritual of their sophisticated world.

到广场饭店喝鸡尾酒是他们这个高雅时髦的圈子中的人每晚必做的事情。

3. a downtown shopping plaza

市中心的购物区

4. They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.

他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心.

5. The rioters were forcibly removed from the plaza.

暴徒们被强行驱逐出广场.