hill
noun /hɪl/
/hɪl/
Idioms - enlarge image[countable] an area of land that is higher than the land around it, but not as high as a mountain
山丘；小山 - a region of gently rolling hills
缓缓起伏的丘陵地区 - a hill farm/town/fort
小山上的农场／城镇／城堡 - on a hill The church is perched on a hill.
教堂矗立在一座小山上。 - The house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
房子建在可俯视河流的小山坡上。 - up a hill They make their way up the hill.
他们向山上走去。 - down a hill We started to walk back down the hill.
我们开始下山往回走。 - in the hills I love walking in the hills (= in the area where there are hills).
我喜欢在山中散步。 - They stopped at the top of the hill to admire the view.
他们在山顶停下来欣赏风景。 - A spring emerges at the bottom of the hill.
一股清泉从山脚冒出来。
Topics Geographya2- A grassy path led down the hill.
一条长满青草的小道通往山下。 - Olive groves cover the hills.
橄榄树丛覆盖着山丘。 - Over the hill lies another town.
翻过小山就是另一个镇子。 - The landscape is made up of low, rolling hills.
此地的地貌为低矮起伏的丘陵。 - The town is set on a small hill.
小镇坐落在一座小山丘上。 - There are several lead mines in the hills above Grassington.
格拉辛顿周围的丘陵里有好几座铅矿。 - They climbed a steep hill and came to the town.
他们爬上一座陡峭的小山，来到镇上。 - They crested a small hill and then the path curved.
他们登上一座小山，山顶那边的小路曲折蜿蜒。 - Troops forced villagers to flee to the surrounding hills.
军队的到来迫使村民们逃到周围的山里去。 - We took to the hills in a variety of four-wheel-drive vehicles.
我们乘坐各式各样的四轮驱动车上山。 - Wooded hills rise behind the town.
小城的后面耸立着树木葱茏的山丘。 - a hill overlooking the wide valley below
俯瞰下方宽阔谷地的小山 - the chalk hills of southern England
英格兰南部的白垩山地 - the distant blue hills
远处的青山 - the houses which dotted the hill
零星散布在山上的房子 - the limestone hills of Kentucky
肯塔基州的石灰岩丘陵地带
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- high
- long
- …
- ascend
- climb
- climb up
- …
- overlook something
- rise
- surround something
- …
- climbing
- walking
- climb
- …
- down a/the hill
- in the hills
- on a/the hill
- …
- the bottom of a/the hill
- the foot of a/the hill
- the crest of a/the hill
- …
- a region of gently rolling hills
- [countable] a slope on a road
（道路的）斜坡 - up a hill The motorcade made its way up the hill.
车队上山了。 - down a hill Always take care when driving down steep hills.
下陡坡时一定要小心驾驶。 - a hill start (= the act of starting a vehicle on a slope)
汽车爬坡起步
- I had to do a hill start.
我不得不开始爬山。 - The bus sped down the long hill.
公共汽车顺着长长的山坡疾驶而下。 - A few yards up the hill, on the left, was a turning.
沿着斜坡往上走几码远，左手边有一个转弯。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- high
- long
- …
- ascend
- climb
- climb up
- …
- overlook something
- rise
- surround something
- …
- climbing
- walking
- climb
- …
- down a/the hill
- in the hills
- on a/the hill
- …
- the bottom of a/the hill
- the foot of a/the hill
- the crest of a/the hill
- …
- up a hill The motorcade made its way up the hill.
- the Hill[singular] (North American English, informal) Capitol Hill (= used to refer to the US Capitol and the activities that take place there)
希尔： 国会山
词源Old English hyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos ‘hill’.
Idioms
as old as the hills
- very old; ancient
古老的；悠久的 More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
a hill of beans
- (North American English, old-fashioned, informal) something that is not worth much
没有多大价值的东西
over the hill
- (informal) (of a person
人 老而不中用的；人老珠黄的 - Youngsters seem to think you're over the hill at 40!
年轻人似乎认为你已经40岁了！
- Youngsters seem to think you're over the hill at 40!