knoll

英 [nəʊl]

美 [noʊl]

n.  圆丘; 土墩

复数：knolls　过去分词：knolled　

GRE

BNC.33458 / COCA.18672

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 圆丘；土墩
  Aknollis a low hill with gentle slopes and a rounded top.
  1. ...a grassy knoll.
     长满草的圆丘
  2. ...on Nibley Knoll.
     在尼布利小山上

英英释义

noun

• a small natural hill
  Synonym:moundhillockhummockhammock

双语例句

• Knoll generally avoids the popular'wet hair'look.
  不过他一般都不做现在很流行的“湿发”效果。
• On this knoll was a crowd of officers, and Pierre heard the French chatter of the staff, and saw Kutuzov's grey head sunk in his shoulders, and his white cap, with red braiding on it.
  土岗上有一群军人，可以听见参谋人员用法语谈话，看见库图佐夫戴着红箍白帽的、白发苍苍的脑袋和他那缩进两肩之间的满是白发的后脑勺。
• Example: Write about saving a species of tree on a Pacific island knoll rather than defending the world's forests against mankind.
  例如，宁可撰写如何在太平洋岛屿上拯救树种生态，而不要提出保护世界树林免于遭受人为迫害的议题。
• The wide but rum selection includes Bouvet Island, an uninhabitable icy knoll belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic;
  这一串又长又怪的选项菜单里包括布维岛，一个南大西洋上归属挪威的无人居住的冰丘；
• It was him I chased up the grassy knoll.
  我追他直至到草丘上。
• The slopes of the knoll and all the inside of the stockade had been cleared of timber to build the house, and we could see by the stumps what a fine and lofty grove had been destroyed.
  小丘的斜坡上和寨子里面的树全部被伐掉，用于修建木屋了，从残留下来的树桩我们可以看出，一片多么好、多么繁茂的林子被毁掉了。
• Like a castle on a knoll, a rock formation shines beneath a skylight in Hang Son Doong.
  一堆岩石好似小山上的城堡，在韩松洞的天窗下闪亮。
• Names like," The Grassy Knoll," or "Roswell," roll off our tongue with deliberates reserved by most other nations for holy lands.
  我们带着和其它大多数国家对这片圣土保留的一样的小心谈论着诸如“碧草丘”、“罗斯威尔”之类的名词。
• He crawled up a small knoll and surveyed the prospect.
  他爬上一个小山丘，俯瞰周围。
• Guests may follow paths curving slowly to the summit of the knoll, where they hear the soothing sound of running water.
  住客可随着小径慢慢行走到山顶，随后静听美妙的流水声。