terrace
n
1 raised level area of ground or a series of these into which a hillside is shaped so that it can be cultivated 台地; 梯田.
2 flight of wide shallow steps, eg for spectators at a sports ground (梯级宽且矮的)台阶(如运动场之看台).
3 paved area beside a house (房侧的)铺砌地面. Cf 参看 patio.
4 continuous row of similarly designed houses in one block 排房(设计相同的一排房屋)
6 Olympic Terrace, ie in a postal address 奥林匹克排房6号(通信地址)
[attrib 作定语]
a terrace-house, ie one of those in such a row 一所排房(上述排房中的一所). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page vi. terrace, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] form (sth) into a terrace or terraces 使(某物)成梯田形或台阶形
a terraced hillside 阶梯状的山坡.