| 单词 | knoll |
| 释义 | knoll (once / 1712 pages) n A knoll is a small hill or mound of earth, which makes a shady knoll a perfect spot for a summer picnic. The word knoll is associated with the tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was shot in Dallas just as his motorcade passed a grassy knoll. At first people thought that was where the shots had come from, but it was later determined that the assassin had fired from a nearby building instead. The "grassy knoll” became symbolic of a theory that others had participated in the assassination, and the term has become shorthand for any conspiracy theory. WORD FAMILYknoll: knolls USAGE EXAMPLESSunday at the home on Blossom Knoll Avenue. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “They don’t call us Treasure Island for nothing,” Knoll said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Mr. Knoll described the process as “a super high-tech and labor-intensive version of doing makeup.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) n a small natural hill Syn|Hypo|Hyper hammock, hillock, hummock, mound anthill, formicary a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest kopje, koppiea small hill rising up from the African veld molehilla mound of earth made by moles while burrowing hill a local and well-defined elevation of the land |
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