🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

平缓

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pínghuǎn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flatten out/ˈflæt.ən aʊt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"增长趋势开始趋于平缓。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To become level, smooth, or even after a period of being uneven, rising, or fluctuating.

    "After a sharp increase in sales, the growth curve began to flatten out."
  2. 2

    To maneuver an aircraft so that it stops climbing or descending and flies level.

    "The pilot had to flatten out the plane just before touching down on the runway."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'flat' (from Old English 'flet' or Old Norse 'flatr') combined with the verb suffix '-en' meaning to cause to become, paired with the adverbial particle 'out' indicating extension or completion. First widely used in aviation and engineering contexts during the early 20th century to describe leveling an aircraft's flight path before landing.

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