mounds

英 [maʊndz]

美 [maʊndz]

n.  土墩; 小丘; 小山岗; 一堆; 许多; 大量
mound的复数

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.

双语例句

• I noticed a number of straight mounds, like plough furrows, running from the river inland.
  我注意到有一行笔直的土棱，从河边伸向内地，就象是犁出来的垄沟。
• For one thing, the near-circular mounds weren't formed by molten-rock volcanoes because there are no deposits of volcanic ash or lava nearby.
  一方面，这些近乎圆形的土丘不是由于火山熔岩形成的，因为附近没有火山灰和熔岩构成的沉积层；
• This in turn has caused the plants on the mounds to grow bigger and their roots deeper.
  这反过来使堤坝上的植物长得更大，根扎得更深。
• Every summer the mounds over the ancient settlement are uncovered and more gems from successive incomers are unearthed.
  每年夏天都有古代聚居点遗址被发现，同时还有更多后续迁入者携带的宝石出土。
• Large-footed short-winged birds of australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
  澳大利亚大脚短翅的鸟；用腐草建造土堆以在其中孵蛋。
• We had mounds of tasteless rice.
  我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。
• Walls or mounds used around a stronghold to strengthen it.
  为巩固要塞而在它周围建的围墙或土垛。
• People made mounds of stone, brush, or mud, in water.
  人们用石头线、树枝，或泥土在水中修筑线脚。
• Down the hill sat four mounds of lime.
  下来，坐在山四丘石灰。
• Mounds of oyster shells surround the weathered shacks.
  成堆的牡蛎壳包围着这些久经风吹日晒的木板棚屋。