/'terəs; `tɛrəs/
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.

v [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] 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.

n[C]

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1【houses】
2【place you can sit】
3【football】
4【flat land】

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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French;Origin:'pile of earth, terrace', from Old Provençal terrassa, from Latin terra 'earth, land']
【HOUSES】
BrE a row of houses that are joined to each other, or a street with one of these rows in it
【PLACE YOU CAN SIT】
a flat outdoor area next to a building or on a roof, where you can sit outside to eat, relax etc
【FOOTBALL】
the terraces [plural]BrE
the wide steps that the people watching a football match can stand on
【FLAT LAND】
one of a series of flat areas cut out of a hill like steps, and used to grow crops
>terracingn[U]
　football terracing