单词	mound
释义	moundmound /maʊnd/ ●○○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a mound of gravel A mound of leaves is the perfect place for a hedgehog to hibernate. a burial mound The Grand Hotel was now just a mound of rubble. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Blue-gray mounds rose above the sea on the horizon. Each male constructs a layered mound of two tons of leaves, twigs, earth, and sand. Four minutes later, after a brief transit over pillows spotted with small white anemones, we arrive at another low mound. He pressed the snow to make a mound, a burial mound. Just within the entrance there were mounds of horse dung. The government also sponsored a series of excavations among the dusty mounds that litter the Mesopotamian plain. When the eggs hatch, the young struggle slowly to the surface of the mound, emerging ready to fend for themselves. Thesaurus THESAURUS► pile a group of things of the same type that are put on top of each other: · a huge pile of cardboard boxes ► stack a neat pile of things of the same type: · There were stacks of books on the floor. ► heap a large messy pile of things: · All his clothes were in a heap on the floor. ► mound a pile of something with a round shape: · a small mound of rice on the plate ► mountain a very large pile of something with a round shape: · a mountain of dirty laundry waiting to be washed Longman Language Activatora group of things on top of each other► pile several things of the same kind placed one on top of the other: · Put those letters on the other pile.· Can you separate those out into two piles - A to L and M to Z, please?pile of: · Greg carried the pile of ironed shirts upstairs.· Her office is a terrible mess - there are piles of papers all over the floor.· a pile of dirty dishesin piles: · The books were arranged in neat piles on her desk. ► heap a lot of things lying one on top of the other in an untidy way: heap of: · There was a huge heap of blankets and pillows on the bed.in a heap: · The kids left all their wet towels in a heap on the bathroom floor. ► stack a large number of things put neatly on top of each other: · The whole stack fell over, and half the plates got broken.stack of: · Next to the bottles was a tall stack of plastic cups.· a stack of sales brochures ► mound a large pile of something: mound of: · The Grand Hotel was now just a mound of rubble.· A mound of leaves is the perfect place for a hedgehog to hibernate. WORD SETS► Baseball balk, verbball game, nounball park, nounballplayer, nounbase, nounbaseline, nounbat, verbbatter, nounblooper, nounbreak, nounbull pen, nounbunt, verbcatch, verbcatcher, nouncentre, noundesignated hitter, noundiamond, noundouble, noundouble, verbdouble-header, noundouble play, nounfastball, nounfirst base, nounfly, verbfly, nounfly ball, nounfoul, verbgrand slam, noungrounder, nounheavy hitter, nounhome base, nounhome plate, nounhomer, nounhome run, nouninfield, nouninning, nounmidfielder, nounmitt, nounmound, nounpark, nounpinch-hit, verbpitch, nounpitch, verbpitcher, nounpitchout, nounplate, nounpop fly, nounrebound, verbrebound, nounrun, nounshortstop, nounshut-out, nounsingle, nounslam dunk, nounslugger, nounspring training, nounsteal, verbstrikeout, nountriple, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a mound of earth (=a pile of earth that looks like a small hill)· A mound of earth lay beside the grave. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► great · The Elves have been known to bury their dead at these points in great high mounds or barrows.· You will see it as a great mound becoming visible at the bottom of a steep slope that you are descending.· The hay was in a great mound.· On the Harberton Estancia, great coastal mounds mark the original homes of the Yahgan.· The man burst into the kitchen carrying a great mound of kindling which he dumped in a pile by the door.· Opposite her, piled up on a chair, was a great mound of presents.· Late bluebells grew in profusion on the tumbled remains of the great mound.· And the great mound of caviare - ignored on its melting bed of ice. ► huge · Presently they came to a stone wall, beyond which was a huge symmetrical mound.· She rummaged through the huge mounds of books and papers that habitually covered her desk, finally locating her tiny Nagasyu keyboard.· The floor was one huge mound of twitching corpses, over which rank after rank of the creatures advanced. ► large · A feature of much interest is a large mound named Giants Hill, now planted with trees.· Until the excavations began, all that was visible of Norwich Castle was a stone keep on a large mound.· Children with poor appetites are often put off when faced by a large mound of food on their plates. ► small · With gophers, he searches for small mounds.· The closed, trusting eyes were surrounded by scars and small mounds of built-up skin.· It stands on a small mound at the junction of the two villages.· Top with a small mound of tortilla chips and serve at once.· They built a town on a small mound between the two rivers.· He lay on his stomach on a small mound and parted a dead gorse bush.· This is where that small mound of lava on Bezymianny comes in.· Margarit's attention is sharply focused, however, as she brings on stage a small mound of straw. NOUN► burial · He pressed the snow to make a mound, a burial mound.· The dark humus deposits inside burial mounds were used as fertiliser.· And maybe the one in the burial mound had been dropped by some one else entirely?· Just because a road runs past a group of Bronze Age burial mounds does not mean that it is prehistoric.· He had enjoyed the visit to the burial mound.· A large urea, 32 X 6.4 m, was uncovered to establish the perimeters of two burial mounds.· The site, composed of burial mounds lined with clay, was not expected to be ready for at least two weeks.· The elongated, slightly oval hummock could hardly be called a grave, more a burial mound. VERB► build · For some megapodes, two brothers cooperate to help a female build her mound.· Flamingos build nest mounds of mud and lay but one egg.· Cranes nest on the ground, building a mound of vegetation usually in the middle of a swamp.· Slides would be built over a mound, so there's no danger of children falling from a height. ► throw · He threw off a mound for about six minutes, twice between starts.· He began throwing off a mound last week and will gradually increase his work while building arm strength. 1a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill:  an ancient burial moundmound of a small mound of dirt2a large pile of somethingmound of There’s a mound of papers on my desk. The waiter appeared with a huge mound of spaghetti.3 (also pitcher’s mound) the small hill that the pitcher stands on in the game of baseball
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