Terrace



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.一层梯田; 阳台
• ［英］ n.一层梯田; 阳台 ( a colonnaded porch)
• ［记］ terr ( 地) +ace -> 梯田
• ［例］ terraced roof ( 平顶屋)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French, platform, terrace, from Old French, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra earth, from Latin, earth, land; akin to Latin torrēre to parch — more at thirst
• Date: 1515
• 1.
  • a. a colonnaded porch or promenade
  • b. a flat roof or open platform
  • c. a relatively level paved or planted area adjoining a building
• 2.
  • a. a raised embankment with the top leveled
  • b. one of usually a series of horizontal ridges made in a hillside to increase cultivatable land, conserve moisture, or minimize erosion
• 3. a level ordinarily narrow plain usually with steep front bordering a river, lake, or sea; also a similar undersea feature
• 4.
  • a. a row of houses or apartments on raised ground or a sloping site
  • b. a group of row houses
  • c. a strip of park in the middle of a street often planted with trees or shrubs
  • d. street
• 5. a section of a British soccer stadium set aside for standing spectators

II. transitive verb (terraced; terracing)

• Date: 1650
• 1. to provide (as a building or hillside) with a terrace
• 2. to make into a terrace

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