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T0119300 (tĕr′ĭs)n.1. a. A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.b. A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or apartment building.2. An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.3. A raised bank of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top: turning a hillside into a series of ascending terraces for farming.4. A flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea.5. a. A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site.b. A section of row houses.c. Abbr. Ter. or Terr. A residential street, especially along the top or slope of a hill.6. A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street.tr.v. ter·raced, ter·rac·ing, ter·rac·es 1. To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces.2. To form (a hillside or sloping lawn, for example) into terraces.

[French, from Old French, from Old Provençal terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus, earthen, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ˈtɛrəs) n1. a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope2. (Building) a. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they faceb. (cap when part of a street name): Grosvenor Terrace. 3. (Building) a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden4. (Architecture) a balcony or patio5. (Architecture) the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style6. (Physical Geography) a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion7. (Soccer) (usually plural) a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators standb. the spectators themselves8. (Rugby) (usually plural) a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators standb. the spectators themselvesvb (Building) (tr) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces[C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin] ˈterraceless adj

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n., v. -raced, -rac•ing. n. 1. a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, esp. one of a series of levels rising one above another. 2. the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc. 3. a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river. 4. an open, often paved area connected to a house or apartment building and serving as an outdoor living area; patio. 5. a platform projecting from an outside wall, as of an apartment; balcony. 6. the flat roof of a house. 7. a row of houses on or near the top of a slope. 8. a residential street following the top of a slope. v.t. 9. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces. [1505–15; earlier terrasse < Middle French < Old Provençal terrassa < Vulgar Latin *terrācea. See terra]

Terrace

a series of things, especially houses.Examples: living terrace of crippled children, 1896; terraces of gravel (geology), 1878; of houses (e.g., Adelphi Terrace), 1796.

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Past participle: terraced
Gerund: terracing

Imperative
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terrace

Present
I terrace
you terrace
he/she/it terraces
we terrace
you terrace
they terrace

Preterite
I terraced
you terraced
he/she/it terraced
we terraced
you terraced
they terraced

Present Continuous
I am terracing
you are terracing
he/she/it is terracing
we are terracing
you are terracing
they are terracing

Present Perfect
I have terraced
you have terraced
he/she/it has terraced
we have terraced
you have terraced
they have terraced

Past Continuous
I was terracing
you were terracing
he/she/it was terracing
we were terracing
you were terracing
they were terracing

Past Perfect
I had terraced
you had terraced
he/she/it had terraced
we had terraced
you had terraced
they had terraced

Future
I will terrace
you will terrace
he/she/it will terrace
we will terrace
you will terrace
they will terrace

Future Perfect
I will have terraced
you will have terraced
he/she/it will have terraced
we will have terraced
you will have terraced
they will have terraced

Future Continuous
I will be terracing
you will be terracing
he/she/it will be terracing
we will be terracing
you will be terracing
they will be terracing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been terracing
you have been terracing
he/she/it has been terracing
we have been terracing
you have been terracing
they have been terracing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been terracing
you will have been terracing
he/she/it will have been terracing
we will have been terracing
you will have been terracing
they will have been terracing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been terracing
you had been terracing
he/she/it had been terracing
we had been terracing
you had been terracing
they had been terracing

Conditional
I would terrace
you would terrace
he/she/it would terrace
we would terrace
you would terrace
they would terrace

Past Conditional
I would have terraced
you would have terraced
he/she/it would have terraced
we would have terraced
you would have terraced
they would have terraced

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	terrace - usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residencepatioarea - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"garden - a yard or lawn adjoining a housesolar trap, suntrap - a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
	2.	terrace - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)benchplateau, tableland - a relatively flat highland
	3.	terrace - a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"terraced house - a house that is part of a terracerow - an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs"Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Verb	1.	terrace - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"terrassearchitecture - the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effectfurnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	terrace - make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"shape, form - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"

Translations

使成梯田台地成排的房屋排房梯田

terrace

(ˈterəs) noun1. (one of a number of) raised level banks of earth etc, like large steps, on the side of a hill etc. Vines are grown on terraces on the hillside. 台地，梯田 2. a row of houses connected to each other. 排房 verb to make into a terrace or terraces. The hillside has been terraced to make new vineyards.使成梯田

terrace

→ 成排的房屋zhCN

Can I eat on the terrace? → 我能在阳台上用餐吗？

terrace

terrace,

a level field built on top of a hillslope into the floor of a deep valley to improve cultivation of crops. Terracing uses the runoff from the hill to increase soil retentiveness and arability and is often part of a larger irrigation system that includes canals. Although widespread in areas of high population pressure, such as Japan and the Philippines, it has been abandoned in some regions, such as the Mediterranean, because of its high maintenance costs.

Terrace

A flat roof or raised space or platform adjoining a building, paved or planted, especially one used for leisure enjoyment.

Terrace

(1) A horizontal or slightly sloping area that forms a step in the slope of the local terrain. Terraces may be natural or artificial. Artificial terraces are made for the construction of buildings and in the creation of terrace parks, as well as in road-building and for agricultural and other purposes. A vertical wall or embankment is usually made along the lower edges of artificial terraces.

(2) An unheated summer addition to a building that is open on three sides and covered by a roof on columns, with a door leading to the building. (Since the 19th century, terraces have usually been glassed in.)

(3) Any of the levels of terraced buildings, which descend in steps along a slope.

Terrace

in geology and geography, a natural horizontal or gently inclined surface bounded above and below by steeper slopes. Terraces can have various origins and are found on mountain slopes, on the sides of stream valleys, along the shores of lakes, seas, and oceans, and on the ocean floor. They may occur singly or in steplike series.

The most common type of terrace is the stream, or river, terrace. Such terraces appear on the sides of most stream valleys and represent the remnants of former valley floors. Stream terraces are formed most often as a result of the periodic cutting, owing to oscillatory movements of the earth’s crust, by the stream into the floor and sides of the valley; indeed, stream terraces are used as a criterion in the study of such movements. The downcutting of the stream into the valley floor may also result from a lowering of the level of the body of water into which the stream flows, from an increase in discharge owing to climatic changes, or from other local causes. In the series of terraces rising above the floodplain in a stream valley, the highest terrace is the most ancient, and the lowest terrace is the youngest. Depending on the depth of downcutting by the river and the thickness of the alluvium, three basic types of stream terraces may be distinguished: alluvial terraces; compound terraces, where bedrock is exposed beneath the alluvium; and rock terraces, which are carved out of the bedrock by fluvial erosion (Figure 1).

Figure 1 Types of stream terraces: (A) rock terraces, (B) alluvial terraces, (C) compound terraces; (1) brow of original slope, (2) original slope of stream valley, (3) rear seam of terrace, (4) tread of terrace, (5) brow of terrace, (6) riser of terrace; (a) alluvium, (b) bedrock

Marine and lake terraces are surfaces produced by wave action along the shores of seas and large lakes. The rear seam of such a surface indicates the former elevation of the level of the body of water. Marine terraces are found along the coasts of all seas and oceans, including the coasts of oceanic islands. The levels of bodies of water undergo variations associated with periodic changes in climate. Marine terraces are made use of in studying the history of such variations, as well as the history of the vertical tectonic movements of the coasts.

No less widespread are terraces that are formed in the course of various slope denudation processes. Such terraces are located above the level of a basin or the level of the present valley floor and have variable areas, inclinations, and relative and absolute elevations. The number of such terraces may be unlimited and depends on the characteristics of the geologic structure. Several types of these terraces are distinguished. What is called a structural terrace, for example, occurs on slopes composed of alternating, gently dipping beds of strong and weak rocks. The surfaces of such terraces are related to the surfaces of beds of rocks that are resistant to weathering and to washing by water flowing down the slopes. Landslide terraces are the surfaces of rock masses that are arranged in a steplike manner as a result of landsliding (seeLANDSLIDE). Solifluction terraces are formed as a result of the nonuniform flow of the water-saturated surface layer of the soil, especially in cases where soils and unconsolidated rock materials overlie permanently frozen ground (seeSOLIFLUCTION). Bald-mountain terraces develop within the mountain tundra (the bald-mountain zone) as a result of frost weathering and solifluction.

Stream, marine, and lake terraces are convenient surfaces for building and are often the sites of cities, towns, industrial plants, and highways. Terrace surfaces are also used for agriculture, especially in mountain regions. Placers are often associated with terraces. The study of terraces is of great theoretical importance for determining the paleogeographic circumstances of a region.

REFERENCES

Shchukin, I. S. Obshchaia geomorfologiia, vol. 1. Moscow, 1960.
Gorshkov, G. P., and A. F. Iakushova. Obshchaia geologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1973.

terrace

[′ter·əs] (building construction) A flat roof. A colonnaded promenade. An open platform extending from a building, usually at ground level. (geology) A horizontal or gently sloping embankment of earth along the contours of a slope to reduce erosion, control runoff, or conserve moisture. A narrow coastal strip sloping gently toward the water. A long, narrow, nearly level surface bounded by a steeper descending slope on one side and by a steeper ascending slope on the other side. A benchlike structure bordering an undersea feature.

terrace

1. An embankment with level top, often paved, planted, and adorned for leisure use. 2. A flat roof or a raised space or platform adjoining a building, paved or planted, esp. one used for leisure enjoyment.

terrace

1. a balcony or patio 2. the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style 3. a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion 4. a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand b. the spectators themselves

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noun usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

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noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

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noun a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)

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verb provide (a house) with a terrace

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verb make into terraces as for cultivation

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