phrase[ plural ] sports UK wide steps on which people stand to watch a football match: （足球）阶梯看台 You hear insults like that all the time on the terraces. His appointment as manager didn't go down well on the terraces. It currently costs £20 to stand on the terraces. For over three decades he was a regular on the terraces at Anfield. Fans were no longer allowed to take bottled beer onto the terraces. The match was stopped after water bottles were hurled from the terraces. See also