plateau
US: /pɫæˈtoʊ/
UK: /plˈætəʊ/
UK: /plˈætəʊ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
plateau /'plætou/
- danh từ, số nhiều plateaux /'plætouz/
- cao nguyên
- đoạn bằng (của đô thị)
- khay có trang trí, đĩa có trang trí
- biển trang trí (bằng đồng, bằng sứ)
- mũ chóp bằng (của đàn bà)
Advanced English dictionary
1 an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
2 a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress: Inflation has reached a plateau.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 tableland, upland, highland, mesa:
We climbed till we reached a grassy plateau.
2 level, lull, pause, levelling off:
At 39, Julia seemed to have reached a plateau in her career.
Collocation dictionary
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.
Concise English dictionary
plateaux|plateausplæ'təʊ /'plætəʊ
noun
+a relatively flat highland
