| 单词 | to terrace up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto terrace up 1. transitive. To form into a terrace or raised bank; to fashion or arrange in terraces. Also to terrace up. (Chiefly in passive until 19th cent.; cf. terraced adj.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > embank > form into bank terrace1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 382 The ascent..was..terrased on both sides with Pillasters made of..Almuggin trees. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 13 The Walls also being well Terrassed. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. v. 19 Mountains terrass'd high with mossy stone. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. viii. §3 The plots, terrassed up one above another, are often not above four feet wide. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 85 Fields formed by terracing sloping ground. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 2/2 The Kusi River in Bengal..brings down enormous quantities of silt,..making fertile plains, terracing the land, changing its bed, destroying forests. < as lemmas |
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