mound

英 [maʊnd]

美 [maʊnd]

n. 土墩; 小丘; 小山岗; 一堆; 许多; 大量

复数：mounds　现在分词：mounding　过去式：mounded　过去分词：mounded　第三人称单数：mounds　

Collins.1 / BNC.7100 / COCA.5067

牛津词典

noun

土墩；小丘；小山岗
a large pile of earth or stones; a small hill
1. a Bronze Age burial mound
  青铜时代的坟冢
2. The castle was built on top of a natural grassy mound.
  这座城堡建在一个天然的绿草如茵的小丘上。
一堆
a pile
1. a small mound of rice/sand
  一小堆米 / 沙子
许多；大量
a large amount of sth
1. I've got a mound of paperwork to do.
  我有一堆文案工作要做。
投手站立的土墩
the small hill where the player who throws the ball (called the pitcher ) stands

N-COUNT (一)堆;(一)垛
Amoundof something is a large rounded pile of it.
1. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt...
  推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
2. The table was a mound of paper and books.
  桌上堆满了文件和书。
(棒球内场中央高出地面的)投球区土墩
In baseball, themoundis the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball.

noun

the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
1. he has played every position except pitcher
2. they have a southpaw on the mound
Synonym:pitcher
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
1. they built small mounds to hide behind
Synonym:hill
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
Synonym:hillpitcher's mound
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Synonym:pileheapagglomeratecumulationcumulus
a small natural hill
Synonym:knollhillockhummockhammock

verb