单词 | terrace |
释义 | Word Frequency terrace(ˈtɛrəs) noun 1. a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope 2. a. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face b. ( cap when part of a street name) Grosvenor Terrace 3. a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden 4. a balcony or patio 5. the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style 6. a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion 7. (usually plural) a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand b. the spectators themselves verb 8. (transitive) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces Derived forms terraceless (ˈterraceless) adjective Word origin C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin |
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