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 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。
• 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。
• Across hills and rivers, they walked more than two hundred kilometres and arrived at a little hamlet nestling in the green mountains.
  他们跋山涉水，步行二百余公里，来到了一个青山环抱的小村庄。
• The hills were enveloped in dense fog.
  浓雾包住了群山。
• Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
  村民们说这个围栏将限制公众进入山区。
• Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home
  孩子们的家就在附近的山里。
• 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。
• Some hills loomed in the distance.
  远处影影绰绰地有一些小山。
• All around it rose, high and steep, the green hills.
  四周青山突起，又高又陡。
• The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.
  这些小山碧绿陡峭，矗立在这条宽阔的河流之上。