🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

平台

Pronunciation / Transliteration: píngtái

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Platform/ˈplæt.fɔːrm/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个平台提供了很多功能。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A raised level surface on which people or things can stand.

    "The train arrived at the platform just in time for the passengers to board."
  2. 2

    A set of principles or policies on which a group stands.

    "The political party announced its platform for the upcoming election."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'platform' originates from the Old French 'plateforme', which combines 'plate' meaning flat and 'forme' meaning form. It evolved in the late 14th century to denote a flat surface or structure that supports something.

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