tablelandn.

Brit.

/ˈteɪblland/, U.S.

/ˈteɪbəlˌ(l)ænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., land n.¹

Etymology: < table n. + land n.¹ Compare mesa n., plateau n.¹ 1, table mountain n.

1. An elevated region of comparatively level land; a high plain; a plateau.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > plateau

table1587

tableland1672

terrace1674

plateau1743

plat1788

table plain1812

platform1813

table-ground1823

mesa1840

1672 G. Fox Jrnl. (1952) xxiv. 613 On..the 27th of the 1st month, we saw the table land on Cuba.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xix. 531 The most remarkable Land at Sea is a high Mountain, steep to the Sea, with a flat even top, which is called the Table Land [i.e. Table Mountain, South Africa].

1718 D. Beeckman Voy. to & from Island of Borneo i. 18 I discovered from the Deck the high Land, called the Table-Land.

1774 J. Cook Jrnl. 5 Aug. (1969) II. 481 At day break we discovere'd a high table land bearing ebs.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 70 The common..is one of a series of heathy hills, or rather a high table land, pierced in one part by a ravine or marshy ground.

1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. x. 155 The great irregular tableland of Dartmoor, over a thousand feet above the sea.

1920 Times 7 Jan. 11/2 Libya consists largely of desert and tablelands.

1978 M. Lambert Fossils 18 The Earth movements may raise up the rocks to form a high tableland or mountain chain.

2004 Independent (Nexis) 18 Dec. The academics finally identified the hamlet of Villanueva de los Infantes..in a tableland dotted by skeletal windmills and lugubrious inns.

2. As a mass noun: elevated level ground.

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1684 Voy. Capt. Sharp 90 It is high table Land, being level at the top.

1744 Voy. to South Seas 354 It is all table land by the sea side.

1775 J. Marra Jrnl. Resolution's Voy. 327 On the 20th they came in sight of Table-Land.

1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 248 These lofty plats of table-land seem to form a peculiar feature in the American continents.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 190 One long line of table-land.., half mountain, half plain.

1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 398 One of these locations, known as the Mesa del Encanto, is an oblong, entirely isolated piece of tableland.

1966 P. Bowles Up above World iii. xxiii. 148 At one point they came out onto a point of tableland overlooking the river valley.

2007 Sunday Times Trav. May 88/1 Scorched table-land rolls away enormously, stopping only for tough mountains and..Portugal.

3. figurative. An elevated or level state or position.

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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > region of

tableland1816

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xxiii. 234 Both on the table-land of gentility, and qualified to look down on every roturier in Scotland.

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 12 He [sc. Shakespeare] indeed overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity, but he does it from the table-land of the age in which he lived.

1838 C. Mathews Var. Writings (1843) 42 The vulgar gentry, halfway up, in their progress to the beautiful tableland of refinement and civilization.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxii. 71 A healthy Briton on the central table-land of life.

1936 C. Day Lewis Compl. Poems (1992) 244 You have come far To the brink of this tableland where the next step treads air, Your thoughts like antennæ feeling doubtfully towards the future.

1993 Heritage Found. Rep. (Nexis) 15 Oct. I have been arguing that it is profoundly unjust to endeavor to transform society into a tableland of equality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tableland
释义	tablelandn. Brit. /ˈteɪblland/, U.S. /ˈteɪbəlˌ(l)ænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., land n.¹ Etymology: < table n. + land n.¹ Compare mesa n., plateau n.¹ 1, table mountain n. 1. An elevated region of comparatively level land; a high plain; a plateau. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > plateau table1587 tableland1672 terrace1674 plateau1743 plat1788 table plain1812 platform1813 table-ground1823 mesa1840 1672 G. Fox Jrnl. (1952) xxiv. 613 On..the 27th of the 1st month, we saw the table land on Cuba. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xix. 531 The most remarkable Land at Sea is a high Mountain, steep to the Sea, with a flat even top, which is called the Table Land [i.e. Table Mountain, South Africa]. 1718 D. Beeckman Voy. to & from Island of Borneo i. 18 I discovered from the Deck the high Land, called the Table-Land. 1774 J. Cook Jrnl. 5 Aug. (1969) II. 481 At day break we discovere'd a high table land bearing ebs. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 70 The common..is one of a series of heathy hills, or rather a high table land, pierced in one part by a ravine or marshy ground. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. x. 155 The great irregular tableland of Dartmoor, over a thousand feet above the sea. 1920 Times 7 Jan. 11/2 Libya consists largely of desert and tablelands. 1978 M. Lambert Fossils 18 The Earth movements may raise up the rocks to form a high tableland or mountain chain. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 18 Dec. The academics finally identified the hamlet of Villanueva de los Infantes..in a tableland dotted by skeletal windmills and lugubrious inns. 2. As a mass noun: elevated level ground. ΚΠ 1684 Voy. Capt. Sharp 90 It is high table Land, being level at the top. 1744 Voy. to South Seas 354 It is all table land by the sea side. 1775 J. Marra Jrnl. Resolution's Voy. 327 On the 20th they came in sight of Table-Land. 1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 248 These lofty plats of table-land seem to form a peculiar feature in the American continents. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 190 One long line of table-land.., half mountain, half plain. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 398 One of these locations, known as the Mesa del Encanto, is an oblong, entirely isolated piece of tableland. 1966 P. Bowles Up above World iii. xxiii. 148 At one point they came out onto a point of tableland overlooking the river valley. 2007 Sunday Times Trav. May 88/1 Scorched table-land rolls away enormously, stopping only for tough mountains and..Portugal. 3. figurative. An elevated or level state or position. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > region of tableland1816 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xxiii. 234 Both on the table-land of gentility, and qualified to look down on every roturier in Scotland. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 12 He [sc. Shakespeare] indeed overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity, but he does it from the table-land of the age in which he lived. 1838 C. Mathews Var. Writings (1843) 42 The vulgar gentry, halfway up, in their progress to the beautiful tableland of refinement and civilization. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxii. 71 A healthy Briton on the central table-land of life. 1936 C. Day Lewis Compl. Poems (1992) 244 You have come far To the brink of this tableland where the next step treads air, Your thoughts like antennæ feeling doubtfully towards the future. 1993 Heritage Found. Rep. (Nexis) 15 Oct. I have been arguing that it is profoundly unjust to endeavor to transform society into a tableland of equality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1672
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