| 单词 | hill |
| 释义 | hillhillshillhill /hɪl/ noun [countable] an area of high land, like a small mountain ➔ downhill, uphill: Their house is on a hill overlooking the sea.beoverlook他们的房子位于可俯视大海的小山上。Phrasesover the hill informal someone who is over the hill is not young any more: Many employers regard people over 45 as being over the hill.employerbe许多雇主认为人年逾45就已经走下坡路了。COLLOCATIONS: hillverbsto climb/go up a hill (=to walk or drive up a hill)Slowly the bus climbed the hill.climbto go down a hill (also to descend a hill formal)We went back down the hill to get help.goadjectivesa steep hillThe hills here are too steep for cycling.hillbecyclea small/low hillThe house stood on top of a low hill.standa gentle hillThe next hill was quite gentle.berolling hills literary (=with slopes that are not steep)the green rolling hills of Kentrollhilla long/short hillThe bus started going up the long hill into town.startgonoun + hillthe top of a hillThere is a church right on top of the hill.bethe bottom/foot of a hillThe village was at the bottom of a hill.bethe brow/crest of a hill literary (=the top of a hill)The car disappeared over the brow of the hill.disappearTHESAURUS: hillmountain a very high hill: Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa.behighhill an area of land that is higher than the land around it, and often has a rounded top: The house has wonderful views of the surrounding hills.haveviewsurroundhillvolcano a mountain that has a hole at the top, through which smoke and hot liquid rock come out: The volcano erupted, destroying the city below.eruptdestroyfoothills a group of smaller hills below some high mountains: the foothills of the Pyreneesfoothillcliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea: There are white cliffs all along the coast.becliffpeak the pointed top of a mountain: the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayascoverpeaksummit the very highest point of a mountain: the summit of Mount Everest |
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