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单词 mound
释义
mound
noun[C]
uk
/maʊnd/us
/maʊnd/

moundnoun[C](PILE)

alargepileofearth,stones, etc. like asmallhill:
土堆，沙石堆；小丘
aburialmound(= aplacewherepeoplewereburiedinancienttimes)墓冢
alargepileof something:
（一）堆，一（垛）
a moundofpotatoes/papers一堆土豆／报纸
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moundnoun[C](BASEBALL)

US
theraisedareainbaseballfrom which thepitcherthrowstheball
（棒球场内高出地面的）投球区土墩
picture of mound
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(Definition ofmoundfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mound| American Dictionary

mound
noun[C]
us
/mɑʊnd/
aroundedpileofdirt,sand,stones, or othermaterial, or araisedareaofearth:
We’re using that mound ofsandtolevelthegroundforournewpool.
A mound is also aroundedmassof something:
a mound ofspaghetti
(Definition ofmoundfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmound

mound
From themound, he heard voices of people singing, as if at a banquet.
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Around the middle of the 1950s however, with the end of the moorland reclamations, the importance of burialmoundresearch declined.
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One followed the edge of themoundor cairn to the north, whilst the other occupied the equivalent position to the south.
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Note thatmoundor pyramid base boundaries are straightened locally.
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The hard and dark frame of themoundcertainly encompasses them.
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In 2004, several operations were excavated at the top of themound, just south and east of an existing house.
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The illusive hidden housemoundcloaked under tropical rain-forest cover has plagued the research.
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An element of competition can be assumed from the average increase inmounddimensions.
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As children were still not buried centrally in amound, the age criterion must have been maintained.
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Tracks tend to be larger in the central portion of the series and consistently show a small back-pushmound.
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On eachmoundfourmoundradii were measured to estimate themoundarea and the mean radius determined the radius of the circular woodland plot.
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We calculated the frequency of trees in a plot that were situated on a termitemound.
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The ratios of termitemoundto control soils also illustrate the differences in elemental concentrations between the two groups of sample material.
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The control samples all have a significantly greater amount of organic carbon than the termitemoundsamples.
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In 2000, several 1 1 m units were placed on and around themoundto identify the cultural sequence and search for possible architectural features.
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Collocationswithmound

mound

These are words often used in combination withmound.

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burial mound
In the mid-1950s attention shifted fromburialmoundresearch to large-scale settlement research.
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earthen mound
Vaillant cites only the presence of anearthenmound.
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large mound
They also display alargemoundslope that characterizes the coarsening dynamics without slope selection.
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