mound

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
  2. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
  3. Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
    — The pitcher was waiting at the mound.
  4. A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.
  5. The mons veneris. US,slang,vulgar
  6. A hand. figuratively,obsolete
  7. A protection; restraint; curb. obsolete
  8. A helmet. obsolete
  9. Might; size. obsolete
  10. A large amount of something.
    — a mound of mashed potato
动词 v.
  1. To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to. transitive
  2. To force or pile into a mound or mounds. transitive
    — He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat.
  3. To form a mound. intransitive
    — When a wave mounds on the outside and takes its shape, a surfer quickly paddles to the peak, positions himself in its evolving momentum, swings his board around, aligns with the peak, and thrusts himself into its cascading shape.

词形变化

mounds plural mounds present,singular,third-person mounding participle,present mounded participle,past mounded past

词汇关系

近义词
pile
衍生词
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相关词
Mound in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

词源

词源 1
From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“guardian”)), Icelandic and Old Norse mund (“hand”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”). Not related to mount.
词源 2
From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“guardian”)), Icelandic and Old Norse mund (“hand”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”). Not related to mount.
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