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  • Conjugation : past  terraced ; ing  terracing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

terrace ['tεrəs]
  1. 1. noun [c] [BRIT] (row of houses) 成排的房屋
  2. 2. noun (patio) 平台
  3. 3. noun [农] 梯田
  4. 4. n pl [BRIT] [Sports] the terraces terraces 球场看台

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

terrace [ˈterəs]
  1. 1. n.[c] 天井院子
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 特勒斯
  3. 3. n.[c] 梯田
  4. 4. n.[c] 排房
  5. 5. vt. 给……建造天井
  6. 6. vt. 使……成梯田
    The incas terraced their mountainous land.
    印加人他们的山地上修梯田

Collins English-English Dictionary

terrace ['tεrəs]
  1. 1. n a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope
  2. 2. n a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face
  3. 3. n (cap when part of a street name)
    Grosvenor Terrace
  4. 4. n a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden
  5. 5. n a balcony or patio
  6. 6. n the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style
  7. 7. n a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion
  8. 8. n [usually plural] unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
  9. 9. n the spectators themselves
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces
  11. 11. vt. [Etymology] C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin

Examples

The extra large south facing terrace is equipped with sun blinds.
朝南的超大阳台安装了窗帘。
The property has a lovely large terrace with barbeque installed.
这个房子有一个很漂亮的露台,上面还装有烤肉架。
James trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 ft.
詹姆斯在平台周围挖出6英尺深的沟。
She is nowhere to be found - not in her room, on the terrace or in the backyard.
她不见了 - 房里,阳台或后院都找不着她。
He jumps up and begins to walk up and down the terrace.
他站起来,开始在台阶上走来走去。
The architect wants to step the terrace.
建筑设计师希望在这个缓坡上修台阶。
The French doors give onto a terrace.
法国人的门对着一块阶地。
a decked terrace
水平梯田
level terraced field; level terrace

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