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

• Hill had to find out for certain.
  希尔得弄个清楚。
• 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。
• Below him the town lay warm in the hollow of the hill.
  在他下方，小镇卧在温暖的山谷里。
• 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。
• 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。
• He lives alone in a suspiciously tidy flat in Notting Hill Gate
  他一个人住在诺丁山门的一套整洁干净得出奇的公寓里。
• We were on a hill, right on the edge of town
  我们在恰位于城镇边缘的一座小山上。
• 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。
• The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.
  诺丁山狂欢节已经进入了最后几个小时的倒计时。
• They stood on top of the hill, drinking in the beauty of the garden city.
  他们站在小山之巅，饱览这花园城市的美景。