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单词 mounds
释义

mound1 /mownd/

noun
  1. A bank of earth or stone raised as a protection
  2. A hillock
  3. A heap
  4. A boundary-fence or hedge (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To enclose with a fence or an embankment (obsolete)
  2. To fortify with an embankment
  3. To heap in a mound
ORIGIN: Origin obscure; OE mund means guardianship

moundˈ-bird noun

The megapode, a bird of the Australian family Megapodidae, gallinaceous birds that build large mounds as incubators

Mound Builder noun

A member of any of the prehistoric Native American peoples who built great earthworks in SE USA

moundˈ-builder noun

A mound-bird

mound2 /mownd/ (esp heraldry)

noun

A sovereign's orb

ORIGIN: Fr monde, from L mundus the world
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