2. renovate   verb   

原句: Here a Dutch entrepreneur renovated Dutch colonial houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

意思: to repair and paint an old building, a piece of furniture, etc. so that it is in good condition again

字源: early 16th cent.: from Latin renovat- ‘made new again’, from the verb renovare, from re- ‘back, again’ + novus ‘new’. 

例句: They spent the summer renovating a farmhouse in Kent.

3. colonial   adjective   

原句: Here a Dutch entrepreneur renovated Dutch colonial houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

意思: connected with or belonging to a country that controls another country 

例句: Tunisia achieved independence from French colonial rule in 1956.

4. plateau   noun   

原句: The first is an easy climb to a plateau with a panoramic view of Mount Christoffel on one side.

意思: an area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

字源: late 18th cent.: from French, from Old French platel, diminutive of plat ‘level’. 

例句: The summit is a windswept plateau of scattered rocks.

5. panoramic   adjective   

原句: The first is an easy climb to a plateau with a panoramic view of Mount Christoffel on one side.

意思: regarding a view of a wide area 

例句: I can see a panoramic view over the valley from here.