mound
pronunciation
UK [maʊnd]
US [maʊnd]
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- n.
- 土堆，土丘
- 堆
- [考古学] 坟墩
- [棒球] 投球区土墩
Word Origin
mound 土墩，山丘
来自中古英语mound,防御土墙，围墙，来自古英语mund,手，保护，监护权，来自PIE*man,手，词源同manual,manipulate.后引申词义土墩，土丘，词义可能受到mount影响。
Example
- 1. Discovering anything buried in a mound of hair .
- 发现一堆毛发下隐藏着什么东西。
- 2. A 4 00000 - tonne mound sits ready to burn .
- 一个40万吨的煤堆亟待燃烧。
- 3. Television footage showed a mound of bodies lying on the terminal floor .
- 电视画面上显示出机场地板上的一堆血肉。
- 4. How does this mound of meat bring into being her comprehension of the doctor 's question , and her ability to respond to it ?
- 这样的一堆肉是如何理解医生的问题，它又是为何有能力应答的呢？
- 5. The mound is coal ash shipped from kingston , tennessee .
- 这些土堆是从田纳西州的金斯顿运来的煤灰。
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