hill

hill
noun
  1. a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain
    小山，丘陵
    ■a sloping piece of road
    斜坡
    they were climbing a steep hill in low gear.
    他们正以低速挡爬一个陡峭的山坡。
    ■a heap or mound of something
    一堆
    a hill of sliding shingle.
    一堆滑动的卵石。
verb
  1. [with obj.]form (something) into a heap
    使成堆
    ■bank up (a plant) with soil
    给（植物）培土
    if frost threatens our new plants, we hill them up.
    如果霜冻威胁到我们新长的植物，我们就给它们培土。
常用词组
a hill of beans
  1. [with negative](N. Amer. informal)a thing of little value
    (北美，非正式)一文不值；毫无价值之物
    the problems of one old actor don't amount to a hill of beans.
    一个老演员的问题根本不足挂齿。
over the hill
  1. (informal)old and past one's best
    (非正式)上了年纪的，走下坡的，过了巅峰时期的
语源
  1. Old English hyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos 'hill'
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