Word · Frequency #1134
hills
/hɪl/
verb
堆起；使成堆
hills is the third person singular of hill.
To form into a heap or mound.
- 1.
To form into a heap or mound.
堆成堆或土丘
- 2.
To heap or draw earth around plants.
在植物周围堆土
培土；壅土；堆成堆或土丘；在植物周围堆土；作成土堆；堆成小丘
In use
She hilled the soil around the tomato plants to support them.
Farmers hill potatoes to protect the tubers from sunlight.
The workers are hilling the dirt to create a small mound.
Verb forms
base hill · third person hills · -ing hilling · past hilled · past participle hilled
指在植物根部堆土或做成土堆
Connections
Collocations
- hill potatoes
- 给土豆培土
- In early summer, hill potatoes to encourage a larger crop.初夏时给土豆培土，以促进丰收。
- hill the soil
- 把土堆起来；培土
- Use a hoe to hill the soil around the tomato plants.用锄头把土培在西红柿植株周围。
- hill the plants
- 给植株壅土
- After the seedlings grow, hill the plants to protect the roots.幼苗长成后，给植株壅土以保护根系。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住名词 hill 是“小山丘”，动词就是把土堆成小山丘的样子，围在植物根部培土。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：园艺指南、农业种植说明 该词作动词时多用于园艺或农业场景，如给马铃薯等植物培土；属于中性偏书面的表达，日常口语中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些 -ill 单词都与 hill 押韵：/ɪl/。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词，如 high /haɪ/、heal /hiːl/、hail /heɪl/，不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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