hill

noun

1. 山丘；小山
   an area of land that is higher than the land around it, but not as high as a mountain
   1. a region of gently rolling hills
      丘陵缓缓起伏的地区
   2. a hill farm/town/fort
      小山上的农场 / 城镇 / 城堡
   3. 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。
   4. I love walking in the hills (= in the area where there are hills) .
      我喜欢在山中散步。
2. （道路的）斜坡
   a slope on a road
3. （道路的）斜坡
   a slope on a road

1. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 小山;山冈;山丘
   A hill is 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
2. PHRASE 人老珠黄;在走下坡路;在衰退中;过气
   If you say that someone is over 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。

1. Hill had to find out for certain.
   希尔得弄个清楚。
2. Climbing the first hill took half an hour
   爬第一座小山花了半个钟头。
3. He conferred with Hill and the others in his office
   他与希尔及其他人在办公室里商议了一番。
4. The first wave of marchers crested the hill.
   第一批游行示威者登上了山顶。
5. 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money
   3,000名市政官员齐聚国会山，为筹集更多的款项进行游说。
6. We were on a hill, right on the edge of town
   我们在恰位于城镇边缘的一座小山上。
7. The countdown to the Notting Hill Carnival is in its final hours.
   诺丁山狂欢节已经进入了最后几个小时的倒计时。
8. We trudged up the hill to the stadium.
   我们费力地爬到山上的体育场。
9. 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。
10. Below him the town lay warm in the hollow of the hill.
    在他下方，小镇卧在温暖的山谷里。
11. He searched Hill's impassive face for some indication that he understood
    他盯着希尔毫无表情的面孔，寻找着表明他已明白的些许迹象。
12. Hill's lawyers announced she had taken and passed a polygraph test.
    希尔的律师宣布她已接受并通过了测谎。
13. When I was a little kid I rolled down a hill and broke my leg
    我小时候从一座山坡上滚了下来，把腿摔断了。
14. We got home and went sledding on the small hill in our back yard.
    我们回到家里，然后去后院的小山上滑雪橇。
15. Our hill is marvellous for sledging and we always have snow in January.
    在我们的那座小山上滑雪橇最棒了，而且1月我们那里总会下雪。
16. The film will be spliced with footage of Cypress Hill to be filmed in America.
    这部电影要和将在美国拍摄的柏树山乐队的音乐片段粘接在一起。
17. The house stands alone on top of a small hill
    房子孤零零地坐落在一座小山顶上。
18. He turned his back on them and stomped off up the hill
    他转身不理他们，噔噔噔地爬上了山。
19. He lives alone in a suspiciously tidy flat in Notting Hill Gate
    他一个人住在诺丁山门的一套整洁干净得出奇的公寓里。
20. On Capitol Hill, senators today appear to view the matter as something of a tempest in a teapot.
    美国国会的参议员们今天似乎把这个问题小题大做了。
21. The Newton Hotel is halfway up a steep hill.
    丽东酒店位于陡峭的半山腰上。
22. By the time I got to the top of the hill, I was quite out of breath.
    等我爬到山顶的时候，已经是上气不接下气了。
23. The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side.
    急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。
24. The park is on a hill overlooking the town.
    公园在俯瞰城市的小山上。
25. Just over the hill the road forks.
    刚过这座山，路就分岔了。
26. You can orient yourself by remembering that the hill is due north.
    只要记住这座小山位于正北方，你就能确定你所在的方位了。
27. This hill is hard to climb.
    这山很难爬。
28. They stood on top of the hill, drinking in the beauty of the garden city.
    他们站在小山之巅，饱览这花园城市的美景。
29. The troops were stationed on a hill.
    部队驻扎在一座山上。
30. From the hill we can take a bird's-eye view of the city.
    从山上我们可以鸟瞰全城。

n.

a hill of beans

• 没有多大价值的东西
  something that is not worth much

over the hill

• 老而不中用的；人老珠黄的
  old and therefore no longer useful or attractive

as old as the hills

• 古老的；悠久的
  very old; ancient

noun

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

   Synonym:    mound

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

   Synonym:    moundpitcher's mound

3. a local and well-defined elevation of the land
   1. they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia

verb

1. form into a hill