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the hill

/hil/US // hɪl //UK // (hɪl) //

山上,山头,山下,山丘

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
    • : an incline, especially in a road: This old jalopy won't make it up the next hill.
    • : an artificial heap, pile, or mound: a hill made by ants.
    • : a small mound of earth raised about a cultivated plant or a cluster of such plants.
    • : the plant or plants so surrounded: a hill of potatoes.
    • : Baseball. mound.
    • : the Hill. Capitol Hill.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to surround with hills: to hill potatoes.
    • : to form into a hill or heap.

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Examples

  • Justin Robinson, 44, a lifelong resident of Bonny Doon, an unincorporated community in the hills above Santa Cruz, got an order to evacuate on Tuesday, August 18.

  • We’ve got a lot more hills and it’s just a different landscape.

  • Their compact, powerful motors strip away the burden of carrying heavy loads and give you a smooth, swift push that flattens hills and shrinks city distances.

  • Oxford officials, including Hill and Gilbert, did not respond to requests for comment.

  • In addition to supporting Hill, the Club’s ad spending has mostly targeted Harshbarger and Crowe, which suggests they may be the leading contenders.

  • Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.

  • The procession continued on to the Cypress Hill Cemetery, where Ramos was buried the week before.

  • Johnson knew that the proposals he was going to send to the Hill would be divisive.

  • So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

  • But then the summit gives way to the other side of the hill, and a childlike glee arises from the whooooosh of the descent.

  • There is an odd triangular-shaped hill that rises on one side very boldly and abruptly, called the Fox's Head.

  • It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.

  • At last he came to quite a hill, on the summit of which grew a tree with branches close to the ground.

  • Newhall Hill used to be the favourite spot, and the first meeting held there was on January 22, 1817.

  • The characteristics of the different forms are well shown in the table on opposite page, modified from Hill.