| [/hɪl; hɪl/] n 用法:
1 natural elevation on the earth's surface, not as high or rugged as a mountain 山冈; 小山:
a range of hills 一列山丘 *
The house is on the side of a hill. 那所房子坐落在山坡上. 用法:
2 slope in a road, etc （道路等的）斜坡:
push one's bike up a steep hill 推著自行车上陡坡. 用法:
3 (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) heap of earth; mound 土堆; 土墩:
an `anthill *
a `molehill. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) a hill of `beans (US infml) thing of little value 没有多大价值的东西:
It's not worth a hill of beans, ie It is worth very little. 这一钱不值. old as the hills => old. over the `hill (infml) (of a person) past one's prime; old （指人）颠峰时期已过, 人老珠黄. up ,hill and down `dale everywhere 到处:
We've been chasing up hill and down dale trying to find you. 我们在到处找你呢. |