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.
Mercy brings good. Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth.
慈悲带来益处。慈悲像甘露从天空中降到地面上。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.