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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarypla·teau I \pla-ˈtō, ˈpla-ˌ\ noun (plural plateaus or pla·teaux \-ˈtōz, -ˌtōz\) ETYMOLOGY French, from Middle French, platter, from plat flat DATE 17961. 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 feature2. a. a region of little or no change in a graphic representation b. a relatively stable level, period, or condition3. 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 attainmentEnglish Etymologyplateau 1796, "elevated tract of relatively level land," from Fr. plateau,from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. platel (12c.) "flat piece of metal, wood, etc.," dim. of plat "flat surface or thing," noun use of adj. plat (see plat). Meaning "stage at which no progress is apparent" is attested from 1897, originally in psychology of learning. The verb is attested from 1952, from the noun.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7plateauplat·eau / 5plAtEu; NAmE plA5tou / noun(pl. plat·eaux or plat·eaus / -tEuz; NAmE -5touz / )1. an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it 高原2. a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress (发展、增长后的)稳定期,停滞期: Inflation has reached a plateau. 通货膨胀停了下来。 verb[V] ~ (out) to stay at a steady level after a period of growth or progress (在一段时期的发展后)保持稳定水平,处于停滞状态: Unemployment has at last plateaued out. 失业情况终于稳定了下来。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishplateau noun ADJ. high | broad, rolling, vast | central VERB + PLATEAU reach (figurative) The children's standard of reading seems to have reached a plateau (= they are not making any more progress). PLATEAU + VERB overlook sth PREP. across a/the ~ A terrible storm swept across the plateau. OLTplateau noun⇨ plainWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: plateau-basalt , or continental plateau , or delta plateaupla·teauI. $ˈ)pla|tō sometimes pləˈt-\ noun(plural plateaus or plateaux \-ōz$Etymology: French, from Middle French, from plat flat — more at plate1. a. (1) : a flat and often galleried ornamental dish or salver (as for a tea service or condiments) (2) : an ornamental plaque (3) : a table top; especially : a removable and usually decorated top (as of marble or inlay) (4) : an ornamental shelf (as in a whatnot) b. : a woman's hat of a flat or plate-shaped style2. a. : a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side and often dissected by canyons : tableland < the Columbia lava plateau in eastern Washington and Oregon > < the plateau region of central Bolivia > — compare mesa b. : a similar undersea feature3. a. : a region of little or no change in the dependent variable of a graph; especially : a horizontal section of a learning curve indicating neither progress nor decline b. : a relatively stable level, period, or condition; especially : one showing cessation or minimization of cyclical phenomena or of fluctuations up or down < a price plateau interrupting an inflationary spiral > < output seems to have reached a plateau >II. adjectiveUsage: usually capitalized1. : anasazi2. : of or relating to the Indians of the No. American plateau area between the Cascade mountains and the Rocky mountains south of the great bend of the Fraser river or to their seminomadic food-gathering cultureIII. intransitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s): to reach a period or phase of stability : form a plateau : level off < after initial logarithmic progress growth plateaued sharply >

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