terrace: [16] Terrace is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin terra ‘earth, land’. This was probably descended from Indo-European *tersā- ‘dry’ (source also of English thirst, torrid, etc), in which case it denoted etymologically ‘dry land’, as opposed to ‘sea’. The family also includes inter [14] (etymologically ‘put into the earth’), terra cotta [18] (from Italian, literally ‘cooked earth’), terra firma [17] (literally ‘firm land’), terrain [18], terrestrial [15], terrier [15] (etymologically a dog which is sent down burrows in the ‘earth’ after its quarry), terrine, territory [15], and tureen. Terrace itself came via Old French terrace from the Vulgar Latin derivative *terrāceus, which denoted a ‘platform made from a pile of earth or rubble’. => terrain, terrestrial, terrier, terrine, territory, thirst, torrid, tureen
terrace (n.)
1510s, "gallery, portico, balcony," later "flat, raised place for walking" (1570s), from Middle French terrace (Modern French terasse), from Old French terrasse (12c.) "platform (built on or supported by a mound of earth)," from Vulgar Latin *terracea, fem. of *terraceus "earthen, earthy," from Latin terra "earth, land" (see terrain). As a natural formation in geology, attested from 1670s. In street names, originally in reference to a row of houses along the top of a slope, but lately applied arbitrarily as a fancy name for an ordinary road. As a verb from 1610s, "to form into a terrace." Related: Terraced.
实用例句
1. A flight of stone steps leads to the terrace.
一段石阶通向露台。
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2. Nervously clutching our glasses of chilled wine, we gathered on the terrace.
我们聚集在露台上,手里紧张地握着盛有冰镇葡萄酒的酒杯.
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3. Single room in lovely flat, roof terrace, non-smoking prof., woman pref.
舒适公寓中的单间，带屋顶阳台，不抽烟的职业人士，女士优先。
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4. There is an inviting restaurant with an outdoor terrace.
有一家诱人的带露天阳台的饭馆。
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5. They sat on the clubhouse terrace, downing a round of drinks.
