a level paved area next to a building; a patio (与建筑物相连的)露台,平台 ■each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation 阶地;梯田 ■(一般作 Terraces)(Brit.)a flight of wide, shallow steps providing standing room for spectators in a stadium, especially a soccer ground (英)(尤指足球场四周的)露天阶梯看台 ■(Geology)a natural horizontal shelf-like formation, such as a raised beach (地质)沿岸阶地;阶面
(chiefly Brit.)a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style (主英)(建于同一街区,外表结构一样的)排屋 ■a terraced house 排屋中的一栋房屋,联立房屋
verb
[with obj.]make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps 使成阶地(或梯田)
语源
early 16th cent. (denoting an open gallery, later a platform or balcony in a theatre): from Old French, literally 'rubble, platform', based on Latin terra 'earth'