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单词 plateaux
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plateaux in British English

(ˈplætəʊz)
plural noun
plateau
 

plateau in British English

(ˈplætəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -eaus or -eaux (-əʊz)
1. 
a wide mainly level area of elevated land
2. 
a relatively long period of stability; levelling off
the rising prices reached a plateau
verb (intransitive)
3. 
to remain at a stable level for a relatively long period
Word origin
C18: from French, from Old French platel something flat, from plat flat; see plate

Examples of 'plateaux' in a sentence
plateaux

In the Gerais his battered car had been no match for the vast swamps and dense forests dissected by the rugged high plateaux.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)
There is no chance of a prolonged stay on the sunlit plateaux of excellence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The ball also adds variety, staving off training plateaux.
The Sun (2012)
The cities are thriving, the bazaars are vast and the landscape of wide canyons and high plateaux is majestic.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I've learnt that old age is a series of long plateaux broken by precipitous declines.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One by one the passes are surmounted, the peaks identified, the farther ranges recorded, and the great plateaux traversed.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
South of the heights on the left bank there is a high, treeless plateaux, six or seven miles wide.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
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