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.
雙語例句
1. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau.
美國的海洛因市場現(xiàn)在似乎已到了停滯期。
來自柯林斯例句
2. We took a plane south-west across the Anatolian plateau to Cappadocia.
我們乘飛機(jī)向著西南方向越過安納托利亞高原，前往卡帕多西亞。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The road straightened and we were on a plateau.