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单词 terrace
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ter•race /ˈtɛrəs/USA pronunciation   n., v., -raced, -rac•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Buildinga raised, level area of land with sharply rising sides made of stone, etc., esp. one of a series of levels rising one above another.
  2. Architecturean open area connected to a house and serving as an outdoor living area;
    patio or balcony.

v. [+ object]
  1. to form into a terrace or terraces:beautifully terraced landscapes.
See -terr-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ter•race  (terəs),USA pronunciation n., v., -raced, -rac•ing. 
n. 
  1. Buildinga 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. Buildingthe 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. Building, Architecturethe flat roof of a house.
  5. Architecturean open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area;
    deck.
  6. Architecturean open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment;
    a large balcony.
  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., v.i. 
  1. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
  • Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus. See terra, -aceous
  • Old Provencal terrassa
  • Middle French
  • earlier terrasse 1505–15
terrace•less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
terrace /ˈtɛrəs/ n
  1. a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope
  2. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face
  3. (cap when part of a street name): Grosvenor Terrace
  4. a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden
  5. a balcony or patio
  6. the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style
  7. a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion
  8. (usually plural) unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
vb
  1. (transitive) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin
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