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 often takes a pea-sized amount of pomade or wax, rubs it between his hands to soften it up, and wraps pieces of hair around his fingers.
  出席晚间活动之前，他通常会取豌豆大小的润发油或发蜡涂在手心上，摩擦双手将其均匀抹开，然后用手指抓头发。
• Mill Creek's winery sits on a knoll overlooking the vineyards.
  妙吉酒厂坐落在俯瞰葡萄园小丘。
• On two successive nights they tried in vain to seize a knoll that lay between their position and Monastery Hill.
  它们奋战两天两夜，企图夺取座落在它们阵地和修道院山地之间的小山，但未得手。
• 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。
• It was him I chased up the grassy knoll.
  我追他直至到草丘上。
• We picnicked on a knoll in the park.
  我们在公园的小山上野餐。
• Knoll, who wears his curly hair in a short cut with fashionable sideburns, believes that many well-dressed men make the mistake of thinking hair should be too'perfect.
  他认为很多衣着时尚的男士都有一个错误的认识，认为头发应该非常地“完美”。
• Once one gets atop the knoll known as gandeerao the majestic mausoleum comes into view, its three resplendent domes, resembling those of yurts, glittering in the midst of trees.
  登上甘德尔敖包，成吉思汗陵的雄姿便展现在眼前，3个蒙古包式的圆顶金碧辉煌，与丛林相映，光耀夺目。
• 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。
• 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。