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

• Just over the hill the road forks.
  刚过这座山，路就分岔了。
• 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money
  3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
• 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。
• This hill is hard to climb.
  这山很难爬。
• 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 doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill.
  他不爱听别人说他风光不再。
• The film will be spliced with footage of Cypress Hill to be filmed in America.
  这部电影要和将在美国拍摄的柏树山乐队的音乐片段粘接在一起。
• The park is on a hill overlooking the town.
  公园在俯瞰城市的小山上。
• 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。