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　

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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

柯林斯词典

• 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.

英英释义

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

• form into a rounded elevation
  1. mound earth

双语例句

• I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals.
  我不知不觉地站到了壁炉前，拢着两手在一堆热烘烘的煤火上烤着。
• The pitcher stands on the pitcher's mound. The hitter stands at the home plate.
  投手站在投手区的平台上，击球员站在本垒板旁边。
• The mound can be used as our screen.
  这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
• On the pitcher's mound and at the home plate, respectively.
  分别站在投手区的平台上和本垒板旁边。
• The mound behind us looks like a pyramid.
  我们身后的这座土堆就像金字塔。
• Barrow: a large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site.
  冢，古坟：在埋葬地上堆起的土丘或石丘。
• This huge mound has another function, that is to protect the underground palace.
  这巨大的风土还有一个作用，就是保护下面的地宫。
• The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.
  勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
• They banked the earth up into a mound.
  他们把土堆成了一个土丘。
• He lay in his bunk under a mound of blankets.
  他躺在他的床铺上，身上盖了一大堆毯子。