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plateau

美音:[plæ´təu ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.高地,高原(上升后的)稳定水平(或时期、状态)

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plateau为六级词汇

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名词复数:plateaus 动词过去式:plateaued 过去分词:plateaued 现在分词:plateauing 第三人称单数:plateaus

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plateau


/'plætəʊ; [US] plæ'təʊ; plæ`to/
n (pl ~s or -eaux / -tEUz; -`toz/)
1 large area of fairly level land high above sea-level 高原. Cf 参看 ridge 2.
2 state of little or no change following a period of rapid growth or development (迅速增长或发展後的)稳定状态
*After a period of rapid inflation, prices have now reached a plateau. 经急剧通货膨胀之後物价现已趋于平稳.
1. They have been herding cattle on the plateau for generations.
    他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。

2. The entrance to the cave is on a plateau in the Dauphine Alps.
    此洞的洞口在丹芬阿尔卑斯山的高原上,

3. The annual flooding is caused by the melting snows on the high Ethiopian plateau, from where the Nile originates.
    尼罗河发源于埃塞俄比亚高原,那里融化的冰雪致使河水年年泛滥。

4. After entering the narrow gap on the plateau, they climbed down the steep sides of the cave until they came to a narrow corridor.
    他们从高原上的窄缝进去,顺着笔直陡峭的洞壁往下爬。

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