| 释义 |
ter·race
I. \ˈterə̇s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French terrasse, terrace pile of earth, platform, terrace, from Old Provençal terrassa, from terra earth, from Latin, earth, land, country; akin to Old Irish tīr territory, tīr dry, Latin torrēre to dry, parch — more at thirst
1.
a. : a colonnaded porch or promenade : gallery, portico
< shops in arcade and along a covered terrace — Architectural Review >
b. : a flat roof or open platform : balcony, deck
< the dining terrace looks out upon the tumbling, rushing waters — Ford Times >
c. : a relatively level paved or planted area adjoining a building and in formal settings often surrounded by a balustrade
< the court side … shelters a formal English terrace and garden — American Guide Series: Michigan >
2.
a. : a raised embankment with the top leveled for walking
b. : a horizontal or gently sloping ridge or offset made in a hillside to conserve moisture or to minimize erosion
< built his terraces with a moldboard plow; uses them as guides for his contour rows — Farm Journal >
— compare step terrace
c. : something that resembles a terrace
< the pyramid … had five terraces — E.H.Short >
< stood on a status terrace with some below and others above him — John Dollard >
3.
a. : a level and ordinarily rather narrow plain usually with a steep front bordering a river, a lake, or the sea : a topographic bench — compare alluvial terrace, kame terrace, marine terrace, rock terrace, stream terrace
b. : structural terrace
4.
a. : a row of houses or apartments situated on raised ground or a sloping site
b. : a group of row houses
< street after street exactly alike, lined with … terraces — Talbot Hamlin >
c. : median strip
d. : street
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to make into a terrace or supply with terraces
< farms long ago terraced by the Inca Indians — Russell Lord >
< planted and terraced the … estate — Alva Johnston >
2. : to provide (a building) with a terrace; especially : to design (a structure) with offsets
intransitive verb
: to occupy a terrace
< olive trees terracing in steps dug out of rock — Richard Llewellyn >
III. adjective
1. : of or relating to a terrace
< terrace roof >
< terrace farmer >
< depositional terrace plains — H.N.Fisk >
2. : having or forming a terrace
< terrace apartment >
IV.
variant of trass |