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terrace

英/tˈɛɹɪs/
美/ˈtɛɹəs/
01n.

阶地, 梯田, 房屋之平顶, 阳台, 沿岸防地, 露台

a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below); a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)

02adj.

叠层式的

03v.

使成梯田, 使成有平台屋顶

provide (a house) with a terrace; make into terraces as for cultivation