molehill
发音
How to pronounce molehill in British English:
英 [ˈməʊlhɪl]
How to pronounce molehill in American English:
美 [ˈmoʊlhɪl]
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- Noun:
- a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
单词词源
- molehill (n.)
- also mole-hill, mid-15c., from mole (n.2) + hill (n.). To much amplifying thinges yt. be but small, makyng mountaines of Molehils. [John Foxe, "Acts and Monuments," 1570]
双语例句
- 1. Try not to make a mountain out of a molehill .
- 2. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of mississippi .
- 3. An old , close-bitten pasture , with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there .
- 4. Soghoian challenged the company 's assertion that social circle was a privacy threat and accused them of " making a mountain out of a molehill " .
- 5. A man through great timidity or sloth often turns a molehill into a mountain .