Plateau



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 高原; 平稳的状态
• ［英］ n. 高原;平稳的状态 ( a relatively stable period)
• ［记］ plat ( 平) +eau -> 高的平地 -> 高原
• ［同］ 同根词: plate ( 盘子) ; platform ( 站台)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural plateaus or plateaux)

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, platter, from plat flat
• Date: 1796
• 1.
  • a. a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side ; tableland
  • b. a similar undersea feature
• 2.
  • a. a region of little or no change in a graphic representation
  • b. a relatively stable level, period, or condition
• 3. a level of attainment or achievement <the 500-point plateau>

II. intransitive verb

• Date: 1939
• to reach a level, period, or condition of stability or maximum attainment

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