place mat

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With all the papers aligned against their left-hand edge, place them on your cutting mat.
裁好的纸靠左边缘对齐，挡在裁切垫上。
As we were waiting for our food in a restaurant, the waitress brought my kids a children's place-mat with games and puzzles on it.
有一次，我和家人在餐厅里等候上菜时，女侍应为孩子们铺上了孩童用的餐垫，上面印着一些游戏和智力测验。
Never leave a spare key in a hiding place like under a door-mat, in a flower pot or inside the letter box--a thief will look there first.
不要把你的备用钥匙藏在你认为安全的地方，比如门垫下面，花盆里或信箱中，那些都是小偷首先会搜查的地方。

a decorative piece of card, cloth, wood, plastic, etc. on which someone's plate is put on a table

Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.