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knoll

/nohl/US // noʊl //UK // (nəʊl) //

丘陵,丘陵地带,丘比特,丘陵区

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Those who don’t buy the lone-gunman theory believe someone on the grassy knoll worked as a second sniper, that the Soviets or Cubans or unions — maybe the troika working in concert, even — were behind at least some of the plot.

  • Sitting on that knoll of oversized wood chips, I surveyed the way the land unnaturally crested and dipped and plateaued—evidence of large swaths of earth moved here and there.

  • But it gave us no sensational revelations, no grassy-knoll conspiracy talk.

  • Context: Cher: “Loadies generally hang on the grassy knoll over there.”

  • Mind-Blowing Bicycle Magic Trickster Tim Knoll is definitely the new cool kid in town.

  • The ruin of the Carter house stood upon a knoll, several great elms sheltering it.

  • It occupies a commanding position on a knoll and is surrounded by a group of fine trees.

  • Ida saw only a graceful knoll, bounded, except towards the west, by a chain of more imposing eminences.

  • Rising a little knoll soon after making the third ford, I came suddenly upon the familiar stopping-place of my former journey.

  • Perched on a knoll in the hills were gay pavilions, and above them glittered a sultan's twin banners, silver and gold.