/'templeɪt; `tɛmplɪt/
n pattern or gauge, usu of thin board or metal, used as a guide for cutting or drilling metal, stone, wood, etc or for cutting fabric （切割或钻穿金属、石料、木材等或剪裁织物的）样板, 模板, 型板.

n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French;Origin: templet, from temple 'instrument in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched', probably from Latin templum; TEMPLE]
a thin sheet of plastic or metal in a special shape or pattern, used to help cut other materials in a similar shape
technical a computer document containing some basic information that you use as a model for writing other documents, such as business letters, envelopes etc
written something that is used as a model for another thing
template for
　Her childhood became a template for how she brought up her own children.