mound
mound1
noun
[with obj.]
take the mound
mound2
noun
noun
- a rounded mass projecting above a surface
堆，垛
■a raised mass of earth, stones, or other compacted material, sometimes created artificially for purposes of defence or burial
（有时指为防御或埋葬而人为构筑的）土堤；土墩；石堆
■a small hill
小丘，小山岗
■(a mound of/mounds of)a large pile or quantity of something
一大堆；大量
a mound of dirty crockery.
一大堆脏盘碟。
■(Baseball)a slight elevation from which the pitcher delivers the ball
(棒球)投球区土墩
[with obj.]
- heap up into a rounded pile
把…拢成堆
try to mound up the cream quite high.
试着把奶油堆得高高的。
■(archaic)enclose, bound, or fortify with an embankment
(古)用土堤围；用土堤加固
take the mound
- (Baseball)(of a pitcher) have a turn at pitching
(棒球)（投手）轮到投球
- early 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense 'enclose with a fence or hedge'): of obscure origin. An early sense of the noun was 'boundary hedge or fence'
mound2
noun
- (archaic)a ball representing the earth, used as part of royal regalia, e.g. on top of a crown, typically of gold and surmounted by a cross
(古)（王冠上的）宝球（多由黄金制成，代表地球，象征王权，球顶饰有十字架）
- Middle English (denoting the world): from Old French monde, from Latin mundus 'world'
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