单词 | mole-hillock |
释义 | mole-hillockn. rare. = molehill n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole) > molehill mole-heapc1400 molehillc1450 want-hillc1450 mouldwarp hill?c1475 mole-hillock1523 mole-bank1672 mole-cast1707 moley hill1899 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxviii. f. 45 The mosse wyll rote, and the moole hyllockes wyll amende the grounde well. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. viii. 180 A stumble..over an obstacle so inconsiderable as a mole-hillock, cost the haughty rider his life. 1888 Littell's Living Age 28 Jan. 223 The red hares flicked the wet off their hind feet as they sat on the mole-hillocks. 2002 www.lacnet.org 16 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) They dig their way through the soil with their strong shovel-shaped front feet, pushing up mole hillocks above the ground, along the line of their tunnels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1523 |
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