Hill
[hɪl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a local and well-defined elevation of the land; 'they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia'.
(noun.) risque English comedian (1925-1992).
(noun.) United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916).
(verb.) form into a hill.
校對:维多利亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
(n.) The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
(v. t.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.
(v. t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
整理:塔尼娅
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Eminence (less than a mountain), mount, rising ground.
校對:朗达
解釋/意思:
n. a high mass of land less than a mountain.—n. Hill′-dig′ger one who digs into barrows &c. for buried treasure.—adj. Hilled having hills.—ns.pl. Hill′-folk Hill′men people living or hiding among the hills: the Scotch sect of Cameronians the Covenanters generally.—ns. Hill′-fort a prehistoric stronghold; Hill′iness; Hill′ock a small hill.—adj. Hill′ocky.—ns. Hill′-side the slope of a hill; Hill′-top the summit of a hill.—adj. Hill′y full of hills.—Up hill and down dale vigorously and persistently.
哈伦校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of climbing hills is good if the top is reached, but if you fall back, you will have much envy and contrariness to fight against. See Ascend and Descend.
科林整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Fernando was standing a little way up the hill. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- From Raymond there is a direct road to Edward's station, some three miles west of Champion's Hill. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Crittenden had a severe engagement with some of Hill's corps on his crossing the river, and lost heavily. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- On the bright hill-sides was a subdued smoulder of gorse. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Then as the horse pitched down he had dropped down behind his warm, wet back to get the gun to going as they came up the hill. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Oliver was just considering whether he hadn't better run away, when they reached the bottom of the hill. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And this hill is like a chancre. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He had hired a lodging for the present in Covent Garden, and he took the nearest way to that quarter, by Snow Hill and Holborn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Before we were out on the clear road behind the hill the sun was down. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Hancock sent a brigade to clear his front of all remnants that might be left of Longstreet's or Hill's commands. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He went accordingly; and it happened that the time of his arrival coincided with that of Mrs. Yeobright's pause on the hill near the house. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In the valley, near the Acropolis, (the square-topped hill before spoken of,) Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Mounting, Sola upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris behind me upon the other, we rode from the city of Thark through the hills to the south. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He must have been one of a patrol scattered out in these hills. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Of course we are very careful and we make no disturbance in these hills. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- There are many men here now in the hills. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- It is well watered, and its affluent vegetation gains effect by contrast with the barren hills that tower on either side. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A little further on, I passed the boy crouching for shelter under the lee of the sand hills. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- There was a gunsmith in Utica, and he walked there, fifteen miles over the hills, to have his barrel finished. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It moved entirely under its own power, could climb hills and could travel on the level road at speeds which had never before been exhibited by vehicles of that type. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It blows over the--ha--Surrey hills. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- We caught them and passed them and turned off on a road that climbed up into the hills. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable elevation, with facility and safety. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- It was one of the oldest farms in the neighbourhood, situated in a solitary, sheltered spot, inland at the junction of two hills. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- There is the dark then to come and from wherever we are in these hills, I can reach and do the bridge at daylight. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
手打:帕特丽夏