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

To fortify or conceal with a mound.
用土石堆设防用土堆等防护或隐蔽。
However, the ball lies on a mound made by a burrowing animal.
不过，球停在了洞穴动物制造的土墩上。
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 mound behind us looks like a pyramid.
我们身后的这座土堆就像金字塔。
The bulldozer leveled the mound of earth.
推土铲的最大推压力推土机把土堆铲平。
I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals.
我不知不觉地站到了壁炉前，拢着两手在一堆热烘烘的煤火上烤着。
The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt
推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
They banked the earth up into a mound.
他们把土堆成了一个土丘。
This huge mound has another function, that is to protect the underground palace.
这巨大的风土还有一个作用，就是保护下面的地宫。
Barrow: a large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site.
冢，古坟：在埋葬地上堆起的土丘或石丘。