| 单词 | terrace |
| 释义 | terrace (once / 362 pages) 1nv 2n A terrace is a paved or brick outdoor area right next to a house or apartment. You might have a nice dinner out on your terrace, enjoying the sunset. Terrace and patio are synonyms. Another meaning for terrace is "a block of row houses that are connected by shared walls and are built in a similar style." Terrace also refers to flat areas on a hillside where people farm or have built houses. That land has been terraced, meaning "made into shelves." WORD FAMILYterrace: terraced, terraces, terracing USAGE EXAMPLESAs the gunman opened fire, some party-goers tried to escape by jumping from the club’s waterfront terrace. Time(Jan 01, 2017) The result is a refurbished bench at a bus stop in front of the Woodland Terrace community center. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Newmarket Road might look like a typical Georgian terraced house, but the inside is far from ordinary. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence Syn|Hypo|Hyper patio solar trap, suntrap a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function 2n a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) Syn|Hyper bench plateau, tableland a relatively flat highland 3v make into terraces as for cultivation The Incas terraced their mountainous land Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 4v provide (a house) with a terrace 2Syn|Hyper terrasse furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to n a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) Grosvenor Terrace Hyper row an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line |
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