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anthill

/ant-hil/US // ˈæntˌhɪl //

蚁穴,蚁丘,蚁巢,蚁群

Related Words

mountain山区,山地,山,山脉rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨hillock小丘,小山丘,丘陵,山丘shock震惊,震动,冲击,震撼drift漂流,漂移,漂泊,漂浮dune沙丘,沙丘上,沙丘上的,沙丘上的人pile一堆,堆积,堆积物,堆bank银行,岸,银行的,岸上embankment堤坝,堤岸,堤防,筑堤knoll丘陵,丘陵地带,丘比特,丘陵区mass大批,大规模,大批的,大规模的stack一堆,一叠,一大堆,堆放molehill鼹鼠山,鼹鼠丘,鼹鼠山庄,鼹鼠坡tumulus肿瘤,瘤状物,瘤,瘤子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mound of earth, leaves, etc., formed by a colony of ants in digging or constructing their underground nest.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmound
Synonyms
bank银行,岸,银行的,岸上drift漂流,漂移,漂泊,漂浮dune沙丘,沙丘上,沙丘上的,沙丘上的人embankment堤坝,堤岸,堤防,筑堤hillock小丘,小山丘,丘陵,山丘knoll丘陵,丘陵地带,丘比特,丘陵区mass大批,大规模,大批的,大规模的molehill鼹鼠山,鼹鼠丘,鼹鼠山庄,鼹鼠坡mountain山区,山地,山,山脉pile一堆,堆积,堆积物,堆rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨shock震惊,震动,冲击,震撼stack一堆,一叠,一大堆,堆放tumulus肿瘤,瘤状物,瘤,瘤子

Examples

  • Still later: a trash dump that rose up between the Mexican trees like a giant anthill.

  • Our own period is of no more importance in the general history of the universe than one anthill in the infinite.

  • They swarm like ants in an anthill; a single chamber often contains many hundreds.

  • The Ajawa headman left the path on seeing us, and stood on an anthill to obtain a complete view of our party.

  • The whole slum-district turned out, dressed or half-dressed, like a fevered anthill.

  • A fork was better after all than one's fingers, and sitting on a chair in the study than on an anthill in the veld.

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