Word · Frequency #7100
mound
/maʊnd/
verb
把…堆成堆；堆起
to heap or pile something up into mounds
- 1.
To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
用土堆加固；增加屏障、壁垒等
- 2.
To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
堆成土堆或土丘
- 3.
To form a mound.
形成土堆
隆起；成堆；筑堤防御；用土堆设防；用土堆加固；增加屏障、壁垒等；堆成土堆或土丘；形成土堆
In use
The children mounded the sand into a castle.
She carefully mounds the mashed potatoes on each plate.
The gardener is mounding soil around the base of the plant.
Verb forms
base mound · third person mounds · -ing mounding · past mounded · past participle mounded
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- mound up
- 堆成土堆
- He mounded up the soil around the plants.他把植物周围的土堆成了土堆。
- mound the earth
- 堆土
- The workers mounded the earth to form a small hill.工人们把土堆成一个小山丘。
- mound over
- 用土覆盖
- She mounded the compost over the roots of the tree.她用堆肥覆盖了树根。
- mound into
- 堆成…形状
- The baker mounded the dough into a dome.面包师把面团堆成圆顶形状。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a mound of
- 一大堆I have a mound of paperwork to finish.我有一大堆文书工作要完成。
- on the mound
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象棒球投手丘（mound）是投手用土堆成的，所以动词‘mound’就是‘堆成堆’。
Context & Register
中性；常用于描述堆积土石、筑堤等动作，多见于工程技术或日常场景。注：多用于及物动词形式，表示用土堆成防护物。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with /aʊnd/ as in 'mound'. Beware of 'mount' /maʊnt/ which ends in /nt/ and sounds different.
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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