Terrace
['terəs] or ['tɛrəs]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
阿尔玛編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:玛杰里
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Plateau, esplanade.
安布尔手打
解釋/意思:
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.
巴纳德編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Hearing voices on the terrace below, I looked out of window, and saw the two gentlemen walking up and down together. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Towards sunset that evening I stood again on the well-remembered terrace, and looked once more at the peaceful old country house. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They both rose, and slowly paced a green natural terrace bordering the chasm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- City there; terrace gardens blushing with the bella donna. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Large glass doors at the lower end opened on to a terrace, beautifully ornamented along its whole length with a profusion of flowers. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Can you hear the sound upon the terrace, through the music, and the beat, and everything? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mrs Dengelton and Eunice awaited them on the terrace, and they were soon seated round the well-spread table. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- We will go straight to Whitehall Terrace and bring the matter to a head. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He went off laughing quietly; and Eunice, leaning on the balustrade of the terrace, stared at the wonderful beauty of the sky. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Answering for my daughter, I said, Mr. Franklin is on the terrace, miss. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They know--and shall know--nothing of Whitehall Terrace. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Godolphin Street, Westminster, is only a few minutes' walk from Whitehall Terrace. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Green lawns with flower-beds are before the terrace, and the whole is encircled by the park. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As she sat, on the Saturday afternoon, on the terrace at Bellomont, she smiled at Mrs. Trenor's fear that she might go too fast. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- There were three ponds, in terraces descending the valley, large and smooth and beautiful, lying in the sun. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In this way he led me on, till we reached a colony of shops outside the western terraces of the Park. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Since this time handsome additions in the shape of marble terraces on the west front have added greatly to the beauty and apparent size of the building. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Biting, and striking with his huge hands, he killed and maimed a dozen ere the balance could escape to the upper terraces of the forest. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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