mound

[US]/maʊnd/
[UK]/maʊnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 土堆;土丘,一大堆
Word Forms
过去分词mounded
第三人称单数mounds
过去式mounded
复数mounds
现在分词mounding

Phrases & Collocations

mound of dirt

土丘

burial mound

坟墓土丘

mound of stones

石堆

mound of sand

沙堆

rubble mound

毛石堆;毛石基;堆石斜坡堤

mound breakwater

堆石防波堤;斜坡式防波堤

Example Sentences

a mound of dirty crockery.

一大堆脏盘碟。

mounds of incompressible garbage.

一堆堆压不下去的垃圾

mound*/ maund / n.

土墩,沙土堆;

a conical mound of hay

圆锥形干草堆

try to mound up the cream quite high.

试着把奶油堆得高高的。

There is a mound of papers on my desk.

在我的办公桌上有一大堆文件。

a small tree on a grassy mound

翠的山岗上的一棵小树

We had mounds of tasteless rice.

我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。

mounds some 30 metres across.

大约30米宽的土墩。

over these mounds the Kurdish shepherd strays.

库尔德牧羊人游荡在这些土岗上。

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。

Villagers in the Mexican state of Veracruz discovered the tablet sometime before 1999, while quarrying an ancient Olmec mound for road-building material.

在1999 年之前某时, 村民在墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯省发现了石板,当时为了路面建筑,挖掘一个古老的奥尔梅克丘冢进行采石。

Real-world Examples

This is the funeral mound of James DeWolf.

这是詹姆斯·德沃尔夫的墓地。

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.

探险者爬上一个土堆以测量他们四周的土地。

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

There it will impact a sandy mound resembling early Earth's surface.

现在用一堆沙子模拟早期地球相似的地表。

Source: The History Channel documentary "Cosmos"

Hurricane-force wind gusts piled up mounds of ice along Lake Erie's shores.

飓风級强风使得伊利湖畔出现结冰现象。

Source: PBS English News

Over all they raised a mighty mound. Thus they buried Hector, defender of Troy.

一切结束之后,他们堆了一个巨大的坟墓。如此,他们埋葬了赫克托耳,特洛伊的保卫者。

Source: American Elementary School English 6

Sure. Put me on the pitcher's mound. Then all the batters will be scared!

当然。把我放在投球区。然后所有的击球手都会害怕的。

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

Again the problem is the geology; we had to level the mounds on the track for safety reasons.

这里依旧有地质问题,我们不得不考虑安全因素,使轨道上的土丘更平坦。

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 9

Slowly, carefully, she built up the nest until she was sitting on a big grassy mound.

她就这样慢慢地,仔细地把她的窝建成了,最后,她坐到了这个大草堆上面。

Source: The Trumpet Swan

These mounds may contain millions of individuals.

这些土堆可能包含数百万个个体。

Source: Intermediate English short passage

And we've got about 18 or 20 other mounds around us.

附近还有18至20个类似的土丘。

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

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