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

• 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。
• 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。
• People made mounds of stone, brush, or mud, in water.
  人们用石头线、树枝，或泥土在水中修筑线脚。
• 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。
• 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。
• Muddy grass and small gray mounds of melting snow.
  草上粘满泥污，一个个灰色小雪堆正在溶化。
• Walls or mounds used around a stronghold to strengthen it.
  为巩固要塞而在它周围建的围墙或土垛。
• Prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds.
  过去建立土墩祭坛的古老的印地安人。
• This in turn has caused the plants on the mounds to grow bigger and their roots deeper.
  这反过来使堤坝上的植物长得更大，根扎得更深。
• They were used as burial mounds and sometimes have several rooms inside containing human and animal remains and pottery.
  这些用来做墓冢，有时里面有几个墓室，存放人和动物的遗体及陶器。