mound

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mound /maʊnd/ noun [countableC]

1 DNa pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill 土[石]堆；土冈，土丘

an ancient burial mound

古代墓冢

mound of

a small mound of dirt

一小堆灰尘

2 GROUP OF THINGSa large pile of something （大）堆，（大）垛

mound of

There’s a mound of papers on my desk.

我桌上有一大堆文件。

The waiter appeared with a huge mound of spaghetti.

服务生端着满满一大盘意大利面出现了。

3. (also pitcher’s mound)DSB the small hill that the pitcher stands on in the game of baseball 〔棒球场中的〕投手丘 →5 see picture at 见图 baseball

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mound• The Grand Hotel was now just a mound of rubble.• He pressed the snow to make a mound, a burial mound.• a mound of gravel• A mound of leaves is the perfect place for a hedgehog to hibernate.• a burial mound• The government also sponsored a series of excavations among the dusty mounds that litter the Mesopotamian plain.• Blue-gray mounds rose above the sea on the horizon.• Each male constructs a layered mound of two tons of leaves, twigs, earth, and sand.• Four minutes later, after a brief transit over pillows spotted with small white anemones, we arrive at another low mound.• When the eggs hatch, the young struggle slowly to the surface of the mound, emerging ready to fend for themselves.• Just within the entrance there were mounds of horse dung.

mound of• The pie was topped with a mound of freshly whipped cream.• a mound of garbage

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