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

• As we travel south, the countryside begins to undulate as the rolling hills sweep down to the riverbanks
  我们一路南行，乡间开始变得起伏不平，绵延的山峦一直延伸到河岸。
• 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 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。
• The hills were enveloped in dense fog.
  浓雾包住了群山。
• 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 road is a succession of hairpin bends, hills, and blind corners.
  这条路上急转弯、坡道和死拐角一个接一个。
• The slopes of the hills were planted with tea bushes.
  山坡上植了茶树。
• San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.
  旧金山建在40座小山丘上，其中一些非常陡峭。
• The sun was rising over the hills.
  太阳正从山冈上升起。
• Horton looked out over a panorama of fertile valleys and gentle hills.
  霍顿向外望去，肥沃的谷地和平缓的丘陵尽收眼底。