plateau
英 ['pl?t??]
美[pl?'to]
- n. 高原；穩(wěn)定水平；托盤；平頂女帽
- vi. 達(dá)到平衡；達(dá)到穩(wěn)定時期
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?plateaux;?plateaus;第三人稱單數(shù):?plateaus;過去式:?plateaued;現(xiàn)在分詞:?plateauing;
助記提示
1. platform => plateau.
2. plate <==> platform.
2. plate <==> platform.
中文詞源
plateau 高原，水平，穩(wěn)定期，停滯期
來自法語plateau,高原，平地，來自plat,平的，展開，詞源同plate,plan.-eau,小詞后綴，對應(yīng)-ille.引申詞義水平，穩(wěn)定期，停滯期等。
英文詞源
- plateau (v.)
- 1952, from plateau (n.). Related: Plateaued; plateauing.
- plateau (n.)
- 1796, "elevated tract of relatively level land," from French plateau "table-land," from Old French platel (12c.) "flat piece of metal, wood, etc.," diminutive of plat "flat surface or thing," noun use of adjective plat "flat, stretched out" (12c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Greek platys "flat, wide, broad" (see plaice). Meaning "stage at which no progress is apparent" is attested from 1897, originally in psychology of learning. In reference to sexual stimulation from 1960.
雙語例句
- 1. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau.
- 美國的海洛因市場現(xiàn)在似乎已到了停滯期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We took a plane south-west across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
- 我們乘飛機(jī)向著西南方向越過安納托利亞高原，前往卡帕多西亞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The road straightened and we were on a plateau.
- 路變直了，我們駛上了高原。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Inflation has reached a plateau.
- 通貨膨脹停了下來。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
- 該牧場位于一個遼闊高原的中部.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》