| 词汇 | anthill |
| 释义 | anthill noun[ C ] uk /ˈænt.hɪl/ us /ˈænt.hɪl/ a pile of soil created by ants when they are making their nests underground蚁垤，蚁冢 Animal dwellings - natural arboreal biome burrow byre cobweb cobwebby earth foxhole guest habitat hole holt lair lodge molehill rookery sett spider's web warren wildlife corridor One anthill is very much like another. Some large anthills, and very small palm trees, not six feet in height, were noticed for the first time so far south. The great anthill was troubled to its very lowest depth. The slope resembled an anthill. The whole country, both hill and valley, wood and plain, abounds with anthills, some of which are six or eight feet high, and twice as much in circumference. Examples of anthillanthill They were then kept in artificial anthills until their dissection in the following days. Ants were collected from anthills or plants to which they were attached. The most frequently occurring position for these workers was head down and on plants in the south-eastern part of the anthill. On several occasions, he reminded me of a child stirring an anthill with a stick just to see what the reaction would be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Meanwhile, lower down in the anthill, the population begins to seethe with anger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should not care to live in a country where the individual was regarded merely as a sort of ant in an anthill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The team that is currently in charge of the nation's most priceless assets is more like a quintet of deserted anthills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There he sat, on an anthill nearby the site where his body lies buried now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The real issue here is not just the ending of the direct grant, it is another step towards the anthill society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the busiest route in our anthill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have stumbled on an anthill which contains more ants than we expected to find. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two anthills would be near if they were two feet apart; two villages would be near if they were two miles apart. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But in due course they will build the roof over the anthill again, and it is necessary to make sure that what goes on inside is correct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am quite certain that we have scratched the top of this anthill very severely, because the spectacle of the ants scurrying about is there for all to see. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are becoming ants in an anthill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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