mound

noun

1. 土墩；小丘；小山岗
   a large pile of earth or stones; a small hill
   1. a Bronze Age burial mound
      青铜时代的坟冢
   2. The castle was built on top of a natural grassy mound.
      这座城堡建在一个天然的绿草如茵的小丘上。
2. 一堆
   a pile
   1. a small mound of rice/sand
      一小堆米 / 沙子
3. 许多；大量
   a large amount of sth
   1. I've got a mound of paperwork to do.
      我有一堆文案工作要做。
4. 投手站立的土墩
   the small hill where the player who throws the ball (called the pitcher ) stands

1. N-COUNT (一)堆;(一)垛
   A mound of something is a large rounded pile of it.
   1. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt...
      推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
   2. The table was a mound of paper and books.
      桌上堆满了文件和书。
2. (棒球内场中央高出地面的)投球区土墩
   In baseball, the mound is the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball.

1. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt
   推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
2. The soldiers went at once to the mound and began to stick their bayonets through it
   士兵们马上赶到土丘处，开始用刺刀往里戳。
3. The mound can be used as our screen.
   这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
4. He found himself beside a burial mound next morning when he woke up.
   第二天早晨醒来时他发现自己躺在一个坟堆边。
5. Every five li a mound was built.
   五里一堠。
6. Over the mound I carefully laid the green sods.
   可是后来，我却谨谨慎慎地将绿色的草土铺在土墩上面。
7. After all, you could output a mound of data that remains totally unreadable and unsearchable.
   毕竟，您可能会输出一大堆整体上无法阅读和不可理解的数据。
8. This arrow mound was erected by local villagers.
   这个箭垛是附近的村民立在这里的。
9. The bulldozer leveled the mound of earth.
   推土铲的最大推压力推土机把土堆铲平。
10. I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals.
    我不知不觉地站到了壁炉前，拢着两手在一堆热烘烘的煤火上烤着。
11. There's a mound of books on my desk.
    我的书桌上有一堆书。
12. Barrow: a large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site.
    冢，古坟：在埋葬地上堆起的土丘或石丘。
13. The remains of a great circle of standing stones surround the mound.
    环绕在土石堆周围的是一大圈残缺不全的立石。
14. The mound behind us looks like a pyramid.
    我们身后的这座土堆就像金字塔。
15. To fortify or conceal with a mound.
    用土石堆设防用土堆等防护或隐蔽。
16. On the pitcher's mound and at the home plate, respectively.
    分别站在投手区的平台上和本垒板旁边。
17. The research of the high mound construction method becomes the issue to which the bridge workers pay great attention.
    高墩施工方法的研究成为桥梁建筑工作者十分关注的问题。
18. The dirt mound both insulated the oven and placed it at a proper working height.
    但在土冢都绝缘烤箱和放置在一个适当的工作的高度了。
19. Gopher opening here, gopher mound there.
    这里是地鼠洞口，那里是地鼠土堆。
20. He lay in his bunk under a mound of blankets.
    他躺在他的床铺上，身上盖了一大堆毯子。
21. They all duck behind the mound as they hear the explosion.
    他们一听到爆炸声就都蹲到土丘的后面去了。
22. However, the ball lies on a mound made by a burrowing animal.
    不过，球停在了洞穴动物制造的土墩上。
23. Archaeologists are investigating whether the small hill is really a burial mound.
    考古学家在调查这小山是否确实是墓冢。
24. Opening his fist, he exposed a mound of silver coins.
    他张开手，露出了一堆宝贝似的银币。
25. Despite its large size, I find the principal part of this mausoleum remains the hill-like earthen mound.
    虽然这陵园那么大，我看最主要的还是这座像山一样的土堆了。
26. They banked the earth up into a mound.
    他们把土堆成了一个土丘。
27. This huge mound has another function, that is to protect the underground palace.
    这巨大的风土还有一个作用，就是保护下面的地宫。
28. The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.
    勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
29. There's a mound of papers on my desk.
    我的书桌上有一大批文件。
30. The pitcher stands on the pitcher's mound. The hitter stands at the home plate.
    投手站在投手区的平台上，击球员站在本垒板旁边。

noun

1. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
   1. he has played every position except pitcher
   2. they have a southpaw on the mound

   Synonym:    pitcher

2. structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
   1. they built small mounds to hide behind

   Synonym:    hill

3. (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

   Synonym:    hillpitcher's mound

4. a collection of objects laid on top of each other

   Synonym:    pileheapagglomeratecumulationcumulus

5. a small natural hill

   Synonym:    knollhillockhummockhammock

verb

1. form into a rounded elevation
   1. mound earth