英语词汇“hill”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hill

(hɪl )

Word forms: hills

1. countable noun A2

A hill is an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it.

We trudged up the hill to the stadium.

...Maple Hill.

...the Black Hills of Dakota.

2. over the hill phrase

If you say that someone is over the hill, you are saying rudely that they are old and no longer fit, attractive, or capable of doing useful work. [informal, disapproval]

He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill.

Synonyms: too old, getting on, ancient, past it [informal]

Image of hill

Idioms:

over the hill

no longer young, and too old to do a particular thing

It's true some people regard you as probably over the hill at fifty.

Collocations:

hill overlooks

As we walked, a lone figure stood up and moved along the ridge of a hill overlooking the district.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

We arrive on a hill overlooking a village, amid green grass and yellow daisies.

Christianity Today (2000)

On a hill overlooking the road, a British army observation post has been dismantled and replaced with a mobile phone mast.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

Yesterday the sounds of women weeping and wailing emerged from his modern semi-detached home on a windswept hill overlooking Nelson.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

hill run

He drove a modern hot hatchback to set a hill run time against the presenters's classic hot hatchbacks.

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But it wasn't all hill runs and slogging about in the elements.

Times, Sunday Times

In short, hill running will make you stronger, faster and a healthier runner.

The Sun

They're even doing hill runs.

Times, Sunday Times

For running, steps, hill runs, the works.

The Sun

hill snow

Southern England looks set to remain cloudy and rather cold with a wintry mixture of light rain, sleet and some hill snow.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Further north and west a cold front will bring rain and some hill snow.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Expect a mix of rain, sleet and hill snow at first with more of a snow risk from midweek.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

hill town

It's an amble, really: 30 miles in total, one day walking for five hours, the next resting in a pretty hill town.

Times, Sunday Times

We ended up stuck in a gateway in one of those labyrinthine hill towns, unable to open the car doors.

Times, Sunday Times

The hill town's other ancient masonry buildings largely survived although many suffered structural damage.

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In spring, summer and fall, shepherds from these neighboring hill towns maintain herds of sheep, semi-wild horses, and cattle in the plateau.

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In the 1930s, the hill towns's fortified historic center was condemned by the government for fear that the volcanic cliffs the ancient community was built upon would collapse.

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hill walk

He had a great love of the outdoors and enjoyed hill walking and camping with his family.

Times, Sunday Times

After hill walks he would cool off by immersing himself, fully clothed, in a burn.

Times, Sunday Times

There are wonderful hill walks, bike rides, churches, birds (including flamingos in summer), monuments, markets and lunches to be found in every direction.

Times, Sunday Times

Not hill walking or anything complicated, you understand; just walking.

Times, Sunday Times

Ideal for hill walks in milder autumn weather.

Times, Sunday Times

hills rise

Behind them mist-covered hills rise from a huge expanse of water, stretching far into the distance of the world's second largest rainforest.

Times, Sunday Times

Rows of moorings stretch out in front of you and the green, tree-covered hills rise up beyond.

Times, Sunday Times

These hills rise to heights of several hundred metres above the basin floor.

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Some ranges and hills rise to about 300 meters, but few exceed 600 meters.

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Small hills rise up from the shore at about inland.

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hills surround

Two hills surround the city in its north-east area.

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Valleys and hills surround the area, while there are no mountains.

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The rolling hills surround an enormous bay.

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low hill

As they attempt to scale a low hill, they fight to stay upright against the weight of the sledges they pull.

Times, Sunday Times

Deprived of food and water, a thousand people have gathered in the local primary school, reassuringly situated on a low hill.

Times, Sunday Times

Cresting a low hill we’re treated to an extraordinary spectacle.

Smithsonian

Some of these are surprising for a low hill.

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The settlement was founded on a low hill surrounded by inaccessible marshy land.

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rocky hill

Before me, the expanse of silver-blue water stretches out to the horizon, while behind me, the ground rises steeply into a green, rocky hill.

Times, Sunday Times

They took cover behind a large rocky hill and an enemy cavalry charge begins.

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According to some accounts, the engineers marked the spot on the map and named it rocky hill.

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The citadel occupies an eastwest orientated, elongated area of 45by 20 on the top of a rocky hill.

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He noted that the village was situated on a high rocky hill.

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rolling hills

There are three lakes, rolling hills, rabbits and hedgehogs on campus.

Times, Sunday Times

Is there anything to see, beyond rolling hills?

Times, Sunday Times

In the rolling hills lie the answer to all his health problems.

Times, Sunday Times

The views were incredible, stretching across miles and miles of rolling hills and flowerfilled meadows.

The Sun

Tall windows opened on to a sweeping lawn leading to rolling hills.

Times, Sunday Times

rounded hill

The rounded hill tops are millstone covered with shallow soil or peat above 400 metres.

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For over 400 years, it was a rounded hill and ancient woodland.

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Mull means rounded hill or mountain.

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The northwestern parts of the plateau consist of broad, rolling terrain broken by low, rounded hills.

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Despite its name, the landscape generally lacks sharp peaks, being characterised by rounded hills and gritstone escarpments (the edges).

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rugged hills

All around are rugged hills cloaked in towering pine trees and alive with hives.

The Sun

A vast arcing crescent of beautiful golden sand backing up to verdant heathland and rugged hills.

Times, Sunday Times

The mainland serow inhabits steep, rugged hills up to an elevation of 4,500 m asl.

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The route combines low and rugged hills with coastline and cliffs.

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The range consists of scattered protrusions of granitic rock that have been weathered into rounded and rugged hills.

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steep hill

A long ascent of the steep hill is rewarded by a rest bench overlooking an idyllic scene.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

From what he remembered of Alston it was a nice little town, built on a steep hill with partly cobbled streets.

Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)

Getting there from the town involves a taxi or the hotel's courtesy bus up a very steep hill.

The Sun (2016)

A steep hill approaches and the huskies slow.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

The garden stretches to the foot of a steep hill covered with aromatic pines.

Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)

surrounding hills

The wind swung into the surrounding hills ... like a fly in a war with a window.

The Times Literary Supplement

Farms sprawl over the wide river valley, swatches of irrigated green giving way to the rocky swell of surrounding hills.

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By the end of the day we had seen dozens of similar hides on the surrounding hills.

Times, Sunday Times

On top of the house appears to be a watchtower or turret with 360-degree sight-lines of the surrounding hills.

Times, Sunday Times

The cabins are supplied by spring water from the surrounding hills, but there's no clever system to reuse grey water.

Times, Sunday Times

wooded hill

Whether they trekked through open valley or wooded hill, Rhodry never saw who was playing it.

Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2001)

Turn right at the foot of the steep wooded hill and the graveyard is signed on your right.

Begg, Ean & Rich, Deike On the Trail of Merlin - a guide to the Celtic mystery tradition (1991)

A small band of armed men struggle up a wooded hill.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

To the north, it is protected by a steep, wooded hill.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Translations:

Chinese: 小山

Japanese: 丘

单词	hill
释义	hill (hɪl ) Word forms: hills 1. countable noun A2 A hill is an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it. We trudged up the hill to the stadium. ...Maple Hill. ...the Black Hills of Dakota. 2. over the hill phrase If you say that someone is over the hill, you are saying rudely that they are old and no longer fit, attractive, or capable of doing useful work. [informal, disapproval] He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill. Synonyms: too old, getting on, ancient, past it [informal] Image of hill © chaivit chana, Shutterstock Idioms: over the hill no longer young, and too old to do a particular thing It's true some people regard you as probably over the hill at fifty. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hill overlooks As we walked, a lone figure stood up and moved along the ridge of a hill overlooking the district. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We arrive on a hill overlooking a village, amid green grass and yellow daisies. Christianity Today (2000) On a hill overlooking the road, a British army observation post has been dismantled and replaced with a mobile phone mast. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Yesterday the sounds of women weeping and wailing emerged from his modern semi-detached home on a windswept hill overlooking Nelson. Times, Sunday Times (2008) hill run He drove a modern hot hatchback to set a hill run time against the presenters's classic hot hatchbacks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But it wasn't all hill runs and slogging about in the elements. Times, Sunday Times In short, hill running will make you stronger, faster and a healthier runner. The Sun They're even doing hill runs. Times, Sunday Times For running, steps, hill runs, the works. The Sun hill snow Southern England looks set to remain cloudy and rather cold with a wintry mixture of light rain, sleet and some hill snow. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Further north and west a cold front will bring rain and some hill snow. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Expect a mix of rain, sleet and hill snow at first with more of a snow risk from midweek. Times, Sunday Times (2016) hill town It's an amble, really: 30 miles in total, one day walking for five hours, the next resting in a pretty hill town. Times, Sunday Times We ended up stuck in a gateway in one of those labyrinthine hill towns, unable to open the car doors. Times, Sunday Times The hill town's other ancient masonry buildings largely survived although many suffered structural damage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In spring, summer and fall, shepherds from these neighboring hill towns maintain herds of sheep, semi-wild horses, and cattle in the plateau. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1930s, the hill towns's fortified historic center was condemned by the government for fear that the volcanic cliffs the ancient community was built upon would collapse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 hill walk He had a great love of the outdoors and enjoyed hill walking and camping with his family. Times, Sunday Times After hill walks he would cool off by immersing himself, fully clothed, in a burn. Times, Sunday Times There are wonderful hill walks, bike rides, churches, birds (including flamingos in summer), monuments, markets and lunches to be found in every direction. Times, Sunday Times Not hill walking or anything complicated, you understand; just walking. Times, Sunday Times Ideal for hill walks in milder autumn weather. Times, Sunday Times hills rise Behind them mist-covered hills rise from a huge expanse of water, stretching far into the distance of the world's second largest rainforest. Times, Sunday Times Rows of moorings stretch out in front of you and the green, tree-covered hills rise up beyond. Times, Sunday Times These hills rise to heights of several hundred metres above the basin floor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some ranges and hills rise to about 300 meters, but few exceed 600 meters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Small hills rise up from the shore at about inland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 hills surround Two hills surround the city in its north-east area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Valleys and hills surround the area, while there are no mountains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rolling hills surround an enormous bay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 low hill As they attempt to scale a low hill, they fight to stay upright against the weight of the sledges they pull. Times, Sunday Times Deprived of food and water, a thousand people have gathered in the local primary school, reassuringly situated on a low hill. Times, Sunday Times Cresting a low hill we’re treated to an extraordinary spectacle. Smithsonian Some of these are surprising for a low hill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The settlement was founded on a low hill surrounded by inaccessible marshy land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 rocky hill Before me, the expanse of silver-blue water stretches out to the horizon, while behind me, the ground rises steeply into a green, rocky hill. Times, Sunday Times They took cover behind a large rocky hill and an enemy cavalry charge begins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to some accounts, the engineers marked the spot on the map and named it rocky hill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The citadel occupies an eastwest orientated, elongated area of 45by 20 on the top of a rocky hill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He noted that the village was situated on a high rocky hill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 rolling hills There are three lakes, rolling hills, rabbits and hedgehogs on campus. Times, Sunday Times Is there anything to see, beyond rolling hills? Times, Sunday Times In the rolling hills lie the answer to all his health problems. Times, Sunday Times The views were incredible, stretching across miles and miles of rolling hills and flowerfilled meadows. The Sun Tall windows opened on to a sweeping lawn leading to rolling hills. Times, Sunday Times rounded hill The rounded hill tops are millstone covered with shallow soil or peat above 400 metres. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For over 400 years, it was a rounded hill and ancient woodland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mull means rounded hill or mountain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The northwestern parts of the plateau consist of broad, rolling terrain broken by low, rounded hills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite its name, the landscape generally lacks sharp peaks, being characterised by rounded hills and gritstone escarpments (the edges). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 rugged hills All around are rugged hills cloaked in towering pine trees and alive with hives. The Sun A vast arcing crescent of beautiful golden sand backing up to verdant heathland and rugged hills. Times, Sunday Times The mainland serow inhabits steep, rugged hills up to an elevation of 4,500 m asl. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The route combines low and rugged hills with coastline and cliffs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The range consists of scattered protrusions of granitic rock that have been weathered into rounded and rugged hills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 steep hill A long ascent of the steep hill is rewarded by a rest bench overlooking an idyllic scene. Times, Sunday Times (2008) From what he remembered of Alston it was a nice little town, built on a steep hill with partly cobbled streets. Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002) Getting there from the town involves a taxi or the hotel's courtesy bus up a very steep hill. The Sun (2016) A steep hill approaches and the huskies slow. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The garden stretches to the foot of a steep hill covered with aromatic pines. Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993) surrounding hills The wind swung into the surrounding hills ... like a fly in a war with a window. The Times Literary Supplement Farms sprawl over the wide river valley, swatches of irrigated green giving way to the rocky swell of surrounding hills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the end of the day we had seen dozens of similar hides on the surrounding hills. Times, Sunday Times On top of the house appears to be a watchtower or turret with 360-degree sight-lines of the surrounding hills. Times, Sunday Times The cabins are supplied by spring water from the surrounding hills, but there's no clever system to reuse grey water. Times, Sunday Times wooded hill Whether they trekked through open valley or wooded hill, Rhodry never saw who was playing it. Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2001) Turn right at the foot of the steep wooded hill and the graveyard is signed on your right. Begg, Ean & Rich, Deike On the Trail of Merlin - a guide to the Celtic mystery tradition (1991) A small band of armed men struggle up a wooded hill. Times, Sunday Times (2010) To the north, it is protected by a steep, wooded hill. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 小山 Japanese: 丘
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