mound

英 [maʊnd]

美 [maʊnd]

n. 土墩; 小丘; 小山岗; 一堆; 许多; 大量

复数：mounds　现在分词：mounding　过去式：mounded　过去分词：mounded　第三人称单数：mounds　

Collins.1 / BNC.7100 / COCA.5067

牛津词典

noun

土墩；小丘；小山岗
a large pile of earth or stones; a small hill
1. a Bronze Age burial mound
  青铜时代的坟冢
2. The castle was built on top of a natural grassy mound.
  这座城堡建在一个天然的绿草如茵的小丘上。
一堆
a pile
1. a small mound of rice/sand
  一小堆米 / 沙子
许多；大量
a large amount of sth
1. I've got a mound of paperwork to do.
  我有一堆文案工作要做。
投手站立的土墩
the small hill where the player who throws the ball (called the pitcher ) stands

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.

noun

the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
1. he has played every position except pitcher
2. they have a southpaw on the mound
Synonym:pitcher
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
1. they built small mounds to hide behind
Synonym:hill
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
Synonym:hillpitcher's mound
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
Synonym:pileheapagglomeratecumulationcumulus
a small natural hill
Synonym:knollhillockhummockhammock

verb

There's a mound of papers on my desk.
我的书桌上有一大批文件。
The mound behind us looks like a pyramid.
我们身后的这座土堆就像金字塔。
They banked the earth up into a mound.
他们把土堆成了一个土丘。
The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.
勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
They all duck behind the mound as they hear the explosion.
他们一听到爆炸声就都蹲到土丘的后面去了。
He lay in his bunk under a mound of blankets.
他躺在他的床铺上，身上盖了一大堆毯子。
He found himself beside a burial mound next morning when he woke up.
第二天早晨醒来时他发现自己躺在一个坟堆边。
The remains of a great circle of standing stones surround the mound.
环绕在土石堆周围的是一大圈残缺不全的立石。
Archaeologists are investigating whether the small hill is really a burial mound.
考古学家在调查这小山是否确实是墓冢。
Opening his fist, he exposed a mound of silver coins.
他张开手，露出了一堆宝贝似的银币。