| 单词 | plateau |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['plætəu] |
| 解释 | n.高原；平稳的状态 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 高原；平稳的状态(a relatively stable period) 【考】 plateau : change / respite : activity(平稳没有变化/休止 没有活动)反义词：slope(斜面) 【记】 plat(平)+eau→高的 平地→高原 【同】 同根词：plate(盘子) ; platform(站台) 【例】 The mountain climbers reached the first plateau by nightfall. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (又高又平的)高原 = tableland; 比较稳定的水平、时期或状态 【记】plat平; eau高一又高又平的高原 【参】platform(n 站台) 【类】plateau: change = respite: activity平稳没有变化 = 间歇没有活动plateau: slope = ? 高地: 斜坡 = ? 【反】slope(n 斜坡) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】plat 平，plate 盘子 |
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