Terrace

['terəs] or ['tɛrəs]

解释:

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

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

(verb.) make into terraces as for cultivation; 'The Incas terraced their mountainous land'.

(verb.) provide (a house) with a terrace; 'We terrassed the country house'.

阿尔玛编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(v.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

(v.) A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

(v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

(v.) A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.

(v.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.

(v. t.) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

编辑:玛杰里

同义词及近义词：

n. Plateau, esplanade.

安布尔手打

解释:

n. a raised level bank of earth: any raised flat place: the flat roof of a house:—pl. (geol.) comparatively level strips of land near the sea lakes or rivers with a sharp descent at the edge towards the water showing an ancient water-level.—v.t. to form into a terrace.

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