(แพลท'โท) n. ที่ราบสูง, ช่วงระยะที่มีการเจริญเล็กน้อยหรือไม่มีการเจริญ. vi. ถึงระยะที่มีการเจริญเล็กน้อยหรือไม่มีการเจริญ pl. plateaus, plateaux, Syn. tableland
n.; pl. F. Plateaux E.Plateaus [ F., fr. OF. platel, properly a little plate. See Plate. ] 1. A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner
(n) a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean, Syn. Canadian Shield, Laurentian Highlands
[云贵高原 / 雲貴高原, Yún Guì gāo yuánㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄠ ㄩㄢˊ] Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan#57948
[柴达木盆地 / 柴達木盆地, chái dá mù pén dìㄔㄞˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ] Tsaidam or Qaidam basin depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.#61769