mounds

英 [maʊndz]

美 [maʊndz]

n.  土墩; 小丘; 小山岗; 一堆; 许多; 大量
mound的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (一)堆;(一)垛
  Amoundof something is a large rounded pile of it.
  1. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt...
     推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
  2. The table was a mound of paper and books.
     桌上堆满了文件和书。
• (棒球内场中央高出地面的)投球区土墩
  In baseball, themoundis the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball.

双语例句

• It has been reported that mounds of red fire ants were recently found near the Hong Kong Wetland park.
  据报，香港湿地公园附近最近发现红火蚁蚁丘。
• I noticed a number of straight mounds, like plough furrows, running from the river inland.
  我注意到有一行笔直的土棱，从河边伸向内地，就象是犁出来的垄沟。
• On the hot, dry savannahs of east and west Africa, their mounds are many-spired "cathedrals".
  在东非和西非炎热干旱的草原上，他们的巢有许多“教堂的尖塔”。
• Small mud mounds accumulate to form a big mountain.
  小泥丘累积在一起，从而形成了一座大山；
• Large-footed short-winged birds of australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
  澳大利亚大脚短翅的鸟；用腐草建造土堆以在其中孵蛋。
• For one thing, the near-circular mounds weren't formed by molten-rock volcanoes because there are no deposits of volcanic ash or lava nearby.
  一方面，这些近乎圆形的土丘不是由于火山熔岩形成的，因为附近没有火山灰和熔岩构成的沉积层；
• Every summer the mounds over the ancient settlement are uncovered and more gems from successive incomers are unearthed.
  每年夏天都有古代聚居点遗址被发现，同时还有更多后续迁入者携带的宝石出土。
• Domes first appeared on round huts and tombs in the ancient Middle east, india, and the Mediterranean in forms, such as solid mounds, adaptable only to the smallest buildings.
  源于实心的土丘，最早只用在很小的建筑上，例如古代中东，印度和地中海地区的圆棚屋和坟墓。
• They often sleep in hollow trees, burrows, rock crevices, or empty termite mounds, and will come back to the same place every night.
  他们时常在空的树，洞穴中睡觉，岩石裂缝，或空的白蚁土墩和每个夜晚将会回到相同的地方。
• The smaller fragments and mounds of dust are carefully piled up at the side.
  较小的碎片和土堆则小心堆在一旁。