hill

英 [hɪl]

美 [hɪl]

n.  山丘; 小山; (道路的)斜坡

复数：hills　现在分词：hilling　过去式：hilled　第三人称单数：hills　过去分词：hilled　

中考高考CET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1134 / COCA.1800

习惯用语

n.

a hill of beans
• 没有多大价值的东西
  something that is not worth much
over the hill
• 老而不中用的；人老珠黄的
  old and therefore no longer useful or attractive
as old as the hills
• 古老的；悠久的
  very old; ancient

牛津词典

noun

• 山丘；小山
  an area of land that is higher than the land around it, but not as high as a mountain
  1. a region of gently rolling hills
     丘陵缓缓起伏的地区
  2. a hill farm/town/fort
     小山上的农场 / 城镇 / 城堡
  3. The house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
     房子建在可俯视河流的小山坡上。
  4. I love walking in the hills (= in the area where there are hills) .
     我喜欢在山中散步。
• （道路的）斜坡
  a slope on a road
• （道路的）斜坡
  a slope on a road

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 小山;山冈;山丘
  Ahillis an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it.
  1. We trudged up the hill to the stadium.
     我们费力地爬到山上的体育场。
  2. ...Maple Hill.
     梅普尔山
  3. ...the Black Hills of Dakota.
     达科他州的布莱克丘陵
• PHRASE 人老珠黄;在走下坡路;在衰退中;过气
  If you say that someone isover the hill, you are saying rudely that they are old and no longer fit, attractive, or capable of doing useful work.
  1. He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill.
     他不爱听别人说他风光不再。

英英释义

noun

• structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
  1. they built small mounds to hide behind
  Synonym:mound
• (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
  Synonym:moundpitcher's mound
• a local and well-defined elevation of the land
  1. they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia

verb

• form into a hill

双语例句

• The first wave of marchers crested the hill.
  第一批游行示威者登上了山顶。
• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side.
  急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。
• On Capitol Hill, senators today appear to view the matter as something of a tempest in a teapot.
  美国国会的参议员们今天似乎把这个问题小题大做了。
• Hill's lawyers announced she had taken and passed a polygraph test.
  希尔的律师宣布她已接受并通过了测谎。
• We trudged up the hill to the stadium.
  我们费力地爬到山上的体育场。
• He searched Hill's impassive face for some indication that he understood
  他盯着希尔毫无表情的面孔，寻找着表明他已明白的些许迹象。
• By the time I got to the top of the hill, I was quite out of breath.
  等我爬到山顶的时候，已经是上气不接下气了。
• You can orient yourself by remembering that the hill is due north.
  只要记住这座小山位于正北方，你就能确定你所在的方位了。
• The house stands alone on top of a small hill
  房子孤零零地坐落在一座小山顶上。
• From the hill we can take a bird's-eye view of the city.
  从山上我们可以鸟瞰全城。