单词 | uphill |
释义 | uphill adv. , adj. /up"hil"/; n. /up"hil'/, adv. 1. up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance. adj. 2. going or tending upward on or as if on a hill: an uphill road. 3. at a high place or point: an uphill village. 4. laboriously fatiguing or difficult: an uphill struggle to become wealthy. n. 5. a rising terrain; ascent. [1540-50; UP- + HILL] Syn. 4. arduous, hard, strenuous, taxing, grueling. |
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