hills

英 [hɪlz]

美 [hɪlz]

n.  山丘; 小山; (道路的)斜坡
hill的复数

BNC.36229

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 小山;山冈;山丘
  Ahillis an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it.
  1. We trudged up the hill to the stadium.
     我们费力地爬到山上的体育场。
  2. ...Maple Hill.
     梅普尔山
  3. ...the Black Hills of Dakota.
     达科他州的布莱克丘陵
• PHRASE 人老珠黄;在走下坡路;在衰退中;过气
  If you say that someone isover the hill, you are saying rudely that they are old and no longer fit, attractive, or capable of doing useful work.
  1. He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill.
     他不爱听别人说他风光不再。

双语例句

• The hills were enveloped in dense fog.
  浓雾包住了群山。
• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.
  队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home
  孩子们的家就在附近的山里。
• From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.
  我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
• The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams.
  从山上冲刷下来的泥土就要让水电大坝淤塞了。
• Ellen spent the day in the hills and sought me out when she returned.
  埃伦在山里呆了一整天，并于回来后找到了我。
• Clare and David Astor are sketching a view of far Spanish hills
  克莱尔和戴维·阿斯特正在画远处西班牙山峦的风景素描。
• The sun was rising over the hills.
  太阳正从山冈上升起。
• Behind him was a belt of trees, and behind the trees hills and fields.
  在他身后是一片树林，树林后面是小山和田地。
• The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed
  这几座山过于陡峭，不适于耕种，所以就用来牧羊了。