plateau
- n. 高原;穩(wěn)定水平;托盤(pán);平頂女帽
- vi. 達(dá)到平衡;達(dá)到穩(wěn)定時(shí)期
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2. plate <==> platform.
中文詞源
來(lái)自法語(yǔ)plateau,高原,平地,來(lái)自plat,平的,展開(kāi),詞源同plate,plan.-eau,小詞后綴,對(duì)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(yǔ)例句
- 1. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau.
- 美國(guó)的海洛因市場(chǎng)現(xiàn)在似乎已到了停滯期。
來(lái)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(guò)安納托利亞高原,前往卡帕多西亞。
來(lái)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(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Inflation has reached a plateau.
- 通貨膨脹停了下來(lái)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.
- 該牧場(chǎng)位于一個(gè)遼闊高原的中部.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》