terrasse sth
及物动词,宾语通常是山坡、坡地等土地。
Farmers terrasse the steep hillside to grow rice.
农民把陡峭的山坡筑成梯田来种水稻。
筑成台地;提供台地或切割成台地
筑成台地;提供台地或切割成台地
To terrace; to supply with a terrace or cut into terraces.
一般现在时
The contractor terrasses the backyard.
承包商给后院设置了平台。
一般过去时
We terrassed the house last summer.
去年夏天我们给房子加了平台。
规则动词,意为给房屋等设置平台
The farmer terrassed the steep hillside to plant rice.
农民把陡峭的山坡修成了梯田,用来种水稻。
用法提示:此句中terrassed是terrasse的过去式,作谓语,表示“把…修成梯田”。
The landscaper is terrassing the slope behind the house.
园艺师正在把屋后的斜坡改造成梯田。
用法提示:此句中terrassing是terrasse的现在分词,构成进行时,表示“正在把…改造成梯田”。
They plan to terrasse the garden to create more outdoor space.
他们打算在花园里修建一个平台,以增加户外活动空间。
用法提示:此句中to terrasse是动词不定式,表示“修建平台”的目的。
及物动词,宾语通常是山坡、坡地等土地。
Farmers terrasse the steep hillside to grow rice.
农民把陡峭的山坡筑成梯田来种水稻。
用 into 引出切割成的形状或地块。
They terrassed the hill into narrow level plots.
他们把这座山改造成一块块狭长的平整梯田。
常用被动形式描述坡地被改造后的状态。
The whole slope was terrassed long before the village was built.
早在村庄建成之前,这片山坡就已被筑成梯田。
grammar · medium
易错句子The farmer terrasse the slope every year.
正确表达The farmer terrasses the slope every year.
英语一般现在时中,第三人称单数主语后的动词要加 -s;主语 The farmer 是第三人称单数,所以用 terrasses,不能用原形 terrasse。汉语没有主谓一致变化,学习者容易遗漏。
grammar · medium
易错句子They grow rice on terrasse fields.
正确表达They grow rice on terrassed fields.
英语中用过去分词 terrassed 作定语,表示“被筑成梯田的”;terrasse 是动词原形,不能直接放在名词前作形容词。汉语学习者常把动词原形误用作定语,应改为过去分词 terrassed。
意思完全相同,区别只在拼写:现代英语标准拼写是 terrace,terrasse 是罕见变体(多见于法语借词或旧式写法)。写作和考试一律用 terrace。
tier 只强调按层叠的方式排列(座位、蛋糕、看台、系统层级),对象通常是人造物;把自然坡地改造成一级级田块则用 terrace。
tessellate 指用多边形或瓷砖严丝合缝地拼铺成图案,重点是形状之间的吻合;terrace 的重点是把坡地改成阶梯状地块,与图案拼接无关。
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