molehill

英 [ˈməʊlhɪl]

美 [ˈmoʊlhɪl]

n.  鼹丘(由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成)

复数：molehills　

BNC.36989 / COCA.33969

习惯用语

n.

make a mountain out of a molehill
• 小题大做；夸大其词
  to make an unimportant matter seem important

牛津词典

noun

• 鼹丘（由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成）
  a small pile of earth that a mole leaves on the surface of the ground when it digs underground

柯林斯词典

• (由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的)鼹鼠丘
  Amolehillis a small pile of earth made by a mole digging a tunnel.
• PHRASE 小题大做;大惊小怪
  If you say that someone ismaking a mountain out of a molehill, you are critical of them for making an unimportant fact or difficulty seem like a serious one.
  1. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
     英国报界小题大做，酿成了一场不必要的经济危机。

英英释义

noun

• a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing

双语例句

• Possessing the right tools ( and skills) can easily shrink a mountainous task into a molehill.
  拥有合适的工具（以及技能）能让你事半功倍。
• In their hearts that may be a piece of cake, would say I make a mountain out of a molehill.
  在他们心里这可能是小事一桩，搞不好还会说我小题大做。
• You are not hurt badly. Stop trying to make a mountain out of a molehill with crying.
  你的伤并不重，不要小题大做，这么放声大哭。
• At last they were on dry sand, and then on grass-a huge plain of very fine short grass, almost level with the Silver Sea and spreading in every direction without so much as a molehill.
  终于走到干燥的沙地上，接着又走到草地上&好大一片草原，长着细细短短的草，几乎同银海一样高，向四面八方铺展开去，连个鼹鼠窠都没有。
• A dissertation should "make a mountain out of a molehill"
  博士论文要“小题大做”
• She's made a mountain out of a molehill.
  她把一点儿小事夸得比天还大。
• Am I making a mountain out of a molehill right now?
  我现在是不是小题大做？
• Yeah, I think his boss is someone who likes to make a mountain out of a molehill.
  是啊，我想他的老板是一个爱小题大作的人。
• Aren't we all making a mountain out of a molehill?
  我们不都是在小题大做吗？
• An old, close-bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there. They douBled themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
  这古老的牧场荒草参差，一条曲曲弯弯的小径，一片鼹鼠拱起的土丘。他们一个个都弯下腰，手脚着地，做成拱门的形状。