Word · Frequency #7100
mound
小丘；小山；山包
a small naturally formed hill or hillock
指天然形成的小丘
- 1.
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
人工堆起的土丘或高地；防御用的堤坝
- 2.
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
(棒球)投手站立的微微隆起的地方
- 3.
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
看似人工堆起的自然隆起；规则且孤立的小山或丘陵
- 4.
a small natural hill
小自然山丘
- 5.
Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
投手站立投球的土堆
- 6.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
一堆叠放在一起的物体
- 7.
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
帝王或其他君主的权杖之一,球体上有十字架和宝石装饰
- 8.
A large amount of something.
大量的某物
土丘；土堆；土堤；一堆；一叠；投手丘；投手土墩；大量；许多；宝球；王权宝球
In use
She placed a small mound of mashed potatoes on each plate.
Ants had built a mound beside the garden path.
The children made a huge mound of leaves and jumped into it.
Connections
Collocations
- burial mound
- 坟丘；墓冢
- The archaeologists uncovered a burial mound near the river.考古学家在河边发现了一座坟丘。
- pitcher's mound
- 投手丘
- She stepped onto the pitcher's mound and began to warm up.她踏上投手丘开始热身。
- earthen mound
- 土丘；土堤
- The town was once defended by a high earthen mound.这座城镇曾靠一道高高的土丘来防御。
- grassy mound
- 长满草的小丘
- We sat on a grassy mound to watch the sunset.我们坐在长满草的小丘上看日落。
- take the mound
- 登板投球；上场投球
- The star pitcher will take the mound in tonight's game.这位明星投手将在今晚的比赛中登板投球。
- a mound of paperwork
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mound 首字母 m 像两座小山丘；棒球投手丘 pitcher's mound 就是个小土堆。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：baseball、geography、archaeology、everyday speech 该词整体为中性，但在棒球、地质等专业领域是固定术语；日常口语中也常用来指“一堆”物体。建议根据语境选择正式或口语表达。
Grammar Note
可数名词；常与介词of连用表示一堆
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词均与 mound 押韵（/aʊnd/）；注意 month /mʌnθ/、mourn /mɔːrn/ 等拼写相近但发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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