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mounds

UK //maʊndz//US //maʊndz//

词源

源自古英语'mund'(意为保护、守卫),后演变为指防御性的土丘或小山,最终扩展为指任何堆积形成的小丘。

noun

❶ 指自然形成或人工堆砌的小土丘或小山包,通常比周围地面略高,可能由泥土、石头或其他材料构成。

“The children played on the grassy mounds in the park.”

(孩子们在公园里长满草的小土丘上玩耍。)

“Archaeologists discovered ancient artifacts buried in the mounds.”

(考古学家在这些土丘中发现了埋藏的古代文物。)

❶ 指大量堆积的物品,通常杂乱无章地堆在一起,形成类似小山的形状。

“There were mounds of laundry waiting to be washed.”

(有一大堆待洗的衣物堆在那里。)

“The kitchen table was covered with mounds of paperwork.”

(厨房的桌子上堆满了成堆的文件。)

同义词:hillocks, piles, heaps, knolls, hummocks

verb

❶ 将某物堆积起来,使其形成小山或土丘的形状。

“The workers mounded the soil around the base of the young tree.”

(工人们把泥土堆在幼树的根部周围。)

“She mounded the mashed potatoes high on the plate.”

(她把土豆泥在盘子里堆得高高的。)

同义词:pile, heap, accumulate, stack, amass

常见短语

mounds of — 用于描述大量堆积的物品,强调数量之多和堆积的形状。

“She had mounds of homework to finish over the weekend.”

(她有堆积如山的家庭作业要在周末完成。)