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molehill

/mohl-hil/US // ˈmoʊlˌhɪl //UK // (ˈməʊlˌhɪl) //

鼹鼠山,鼹鼠丘,鼹鼠山庄,鼹鼠坡

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anthill蚁穴,蚁丘,蚁巢,蚁群tumulus肿瘤,瘤状物,瘤,瘤子paltriness苍白,悸动,苍白无力,肥胖triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事pettiness娇气,小气,娇弱,琐事nothingness虚无缥缈,虚无飘渺,虚无主义,虚空inconsequence后果,不重要,不起眼,不重要的事情smallness小国,小巧,小规模,小型

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmound
Synonyms
anthill蚁穴,蚁丘,蚁巢,蚁群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
as ininsignificance
Synonyms
immateriality非物质性,非物质,非物质的,非物质文化遗产inconsequence后果,不重要,不起眼,不重要的事情indifference冷漠,漠不关心,漠视,淡漠meanness卑鄙无耻,卑劣,卑鄙,刻薄nothingness虚无缥缈,虚无飘渺,虚无主义,虚空paltriness苍白,悸动,苍白无力,肥胖pettiness娇气,小气,娇弱,琐事smallness小国,小巧,小规模,小型triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事worthlessness一文不值,不值一提,一文不名,不值钱inconsequentiality无关紧要,无效性,不确定性,无效negligibility可忽略不计,忽略不计,可忽略不计的,可忽略的trifling matter琐事,屁大点事,屁事,屁大点的事
as ininconsiderableness
Synonyms
immateriality非物质性,非物质,非物质的,非物质文化遗产inconsequence后果,不重要,不起眼,不重要的事情inconsequentiality无关紧要,无效性,不确定性,无效indifference冷漠,漠不关心,漠视,淡漠meanness卑鄙无耻,卑劣,卑鄙,刻薄negligibility可忽略不计,忽略不计,可忽略不计的,可忽略的negligibleness疏忽大意,忽略不计,疏忽,忽视nothingness虚无缥缈,虚无飘渺,虚无主义,虚空paltriness苍白,悸动,苍白无力,肥胖smallness小国,小巧,小规模,小型trifling matter琐事,屁大点事,屁事,屁大点的事triviality小事一桩,微不足道,小事,微不足道的小事trivialness小事,微不足道,小事一桩,琐事worthlessness一文不值,不值一提,一文不名,不值钱

Examples

  • In both cases, the minority party on both committees thinks the majority is making a mountain out of a molehill.

  • It is the rawest example yet of our 2013, Twitter-loving, insta-pundit, mountain-out-of-a-molehill media culture.

  • But is this merely a case of making a mountain out of a molehill—or is there a legitimate reason to be upset?

  • From a policy point of view, it seems a ludicrous molehill to struggle over.

  • Few diplomatic events are more embarrassing than a summit that turns into a molehill.

  • Gran'ma said they were making a mounting out of a molehill—and expelling people did the school no good.

  • Call it, great lady, by another name; An humble modesty, that would not matchA molehill with Olympus.

  • She wondered why he, who did not usually trouble over trifles, made such a mountain of this molehill.

  • To "remind us of Dickens" would be as difficult for many modern novelists as for a molehill to remind us of the Matterhorn.

  • There is also such a thing as making nothing out of a molehill, in consequence of your head being too high to see it.

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