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词汇 hill
释义 hill
noun[ C ]
uk /hɪl/ us /hɪl/
A2
an area of land that is higher than the surrounding land: 小山,丘陵
Hills are not as high as mountains.丘陵不像山脉那样高大。
Their house is on the top of a hill.他们的房子在小山顶上。
the hillsIn the summer, the shepherds move their sheep up into the hills (= an area where there are hills).夏天,牧羊人们把羊群赶到丘陵地带放牧。
 
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a slope in a road: (路的)斜坡
That hill's far too steep to cycle up.那个坡太陡了,自行车根本骑不上去。
 the HillUS
Capitol Hill (= the US legislature or the place where it meets)(美国)国会山
It was a long climb to the top of the hill, but it was worth it for the view from the top.攀登到山顶要很长时间,但为了能看到山顶上的风景,这是值得的。
The castle is set on a steep hill.
The bicycle gathered speed as it went down the hill.下山时自行车速度越来越快。
When you're walking in the hills the weather can change very quickly, so take suitable clothing.
We could see a low range of hills in the distance.我们可以看到远处有一些低矮的山丘。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Geography: hills & mountains
acclivity
alpine tundra
clifftop
craggy
esker
highlands
hillock
Marilyn
mesa
mid-ocean ridge
motte
Mount Kilimanjaro
pinnacle
scarp
slope
spur
steep
the Adirondack Mountains
the Alaska Range
the Alps

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International relations: United States politics & government
Ruling & governing
Places and locations

Idioms


over the hill
take the hill

hill | American Dictionary


hill
noun[ C ]
us/hɪl/
an area of land that slopes up to a point higher than the surrounding land and then slopes down again, but which is smaller than a mountain:
They built a house on the top of a hill, overlooking the town.
The highway runs through rolling hills (= land that gradually slopes up and down).
 the Hillinfml
The Hill is Capitol Hill.

hilly


adjectiveus/ˈhɪl·i/
The plane crashed in a hilly, heavily wooded area.

Examples of hill


hill
The colours of the hills in the morning - it's just incredible.
There were two rows per plot, each 5 m long, with 0.75 m between rows and 0.40 m between hills.
Data were collected from the interior net plot measuring 3.60 x 3.75 m with five ridges and four maize planting hills per ridge.
Consider just lithostratigraphy: deposits on land are plastered as almost countless smears and patches over hills and valleys, rather than forming neat layercakes.
To the lower right, stippled flecks form a panorama of hills and craters.
The terrain at the western end of the hills consists of a plateau region with sandstone outcrops and slow-flowing streams.
Often present are lengthy descriptions of woods, hills, rivers, meadows - descriptions in which nature is depicted as an inventory of benign attributes.
They lived in hovels which often crested the tops of isolated hills where approach was immediately discovered and easily defended.
Ritual places in hills, mountains and high places were always created fundamentally as cosmic projections.
First, steep hills did not prevent bees from locating baits on the opposite side from where they were released.
Earlier they were satisfied with the wretched hovels constructed in a few hours similar to the camps they had on the hills.
Both crops are sown at very low densities (<5000 hills ha71) with no fertilizer.
The numbers of hills, plants, and cobs were counted.
Emergence was assessed 30 days after planting and expressed as the proportion of planted hills with a seedling.
Village settlements were concealed in the hills, making them all but invisible to strangers approaching from below.
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Collocations withhill


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castle hill
The castlehill, which is accessible again, shows little sign that it once hosted a castle.
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forested hill
The ruins of the castle are situated on a widely visible forestedhill 422m ft above sea level.
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gentle hill
Preferable conditions for cave formation are adequate precipitation, enough plants and animals to produce ample carbon dioxide, and a landscape of gentle hills which drains slowly.
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