| 单词 | terrace |
| 释义 | terrace —terraceless, adj. /ter"euhs/, n. , v. , terraced, terracing. n. 1. a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, esp. one of a series of levels rising one above another. 2. the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc. 3. a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river. 4. the flat roof of a house. 5. an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck. 6. an open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment; a large balcony. 7. a row of houses on or near the top of a slope. 8. a residential street following the top of a slope. v.t. , v.i. 9. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces. [1505-15; earlier terrasse < MF < OPr terrassa < VL *terracea, fem. of *terraceus. See TERRA, -ACEOUS] |
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