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单词 mountain
释义
mountain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/us
/ˈmaʊn.tən/

mountainnoun[C](VERY LARGE HILL)

A2
araisedpartof the earth'ssurface, muchlargerthan ahill, thetopof which might becoveredinsnow:
（高）山，山岳
The Matterhorn is one of thebiggestmountains inEurope.马特豪恩峰是欧洲最雄伟的山峰之一。
The Rockies are a mountainchain/rangein thewesternUnitedStates.落基山脉绵亘于美国西部。
I'dloveto go mountain-climbing.我想去爬山。
We're going to the mountains(= anareawhere there are mountains)forourholiday.我们要去山区度假。
picture of mountain
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More examples
  • Wecampedon one of thelowerslopesof the mountain.
  • Theviewfrom thetopof the mountain isbreathtaking.
  • What's thehighestmountain inEurope?
  • After threedayslostin the mountains, all theclimbersarrivedhomesafeandsound.
  • Theyslowlyascendedthesteeppathup the mountain.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: hills & mountains
  • acclivity
  • craggy
  • esker
  • highlands
  • hillock
  • landform
  • Marilyn
  • mesa
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • motte
  • pinnacle
  • precipitous
  • scarp
  • spur
  • steep
  • the Adirondack Mountains
  • the Alaska Range
  • the Alps
  • the Andes
  • volcano
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mountainnoun[C](LARGE AMOUNT)

a mountain ofsomething
C2
alargeamountof something:
大堆，大量
I've got a mountain ofworkto do.我有大量的工作要做。
UK
alargeamountoffoodthat isstoredinsteadof beingsold, so thatpricesfor it do notfall:
（食品的）大量存库
agrainmountain大量积压的谷物
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Masses and large amounts of things
  • accumulation
  • any number ofthingsidiom
  • armload
  • backlog
  • bolus
  • flood
  • foam
  • hulk
  • logjam
  • many
  • motherlode
  • multi-million
  • multitude
  • pile
  • the lion's shareidiom
  • tsunami
  • wave after/upon waveidiom
  • wedge
  • welter
  • wodge
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Grammar

Geographical places
We use the before the names of rivers. We usually write the without a capital letter. If we use the word river, we usually write it without a capital letter: the river Thames, the river Severn, the Yangtze river.…

Idiom

make a mountain out of a molehill
(Definition ofmountainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mountain| American Dictionary

mountain
noun[C]
us
/ˈmɑʊn·tən/

mountainnoun[C](HIGH PLACE)

araisedpartof the earth’ssurface,largerthan ahill:
the Blue Ridge Mountains
We’respendingtheweekendin the mountains(= anareawith mountains).
The RockiesformthebiggestNorthAmerican mountainrange(=groupof mountains).

mountainnoun[C](LARGE AMOUNT)

alargeamountof something:
I’ve got mountains ofworkto do.
You’ll nevereatthat mountain offood.
(Definition ofmountainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

mountain| Business English

mountain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaʊntɪn/us
alargeamountoffoodthat isstoredinsteadof beingsold, inordertokeeppricesat highlevels:
abutter/beef/grainmountain
(Definition ofmountainfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmountain

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They perceive mountains where there are no mountains, but frequently a great peak appears no larger than a rat-trap.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Treatises on landscape painting desiderated scenic encyclopaedias of pastoral, urban, mountains and far sea.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I think it is perhaps also to do with my love of remote places, my love of mountains rather than cities.
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He would go off into the mountains for days on end.
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Most campesinos live between two thousand and four thousand metres up in the mountains, in the harshest land, and still they are exploited.
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Caves, valleys, mountains, rivers- all were invested with a profound reverential significance.
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The mountains and lakes were now revered as a source of" uplift".
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Sharp ridges, or arêtes, were formed between the corries and some of the mountains have pyramidal peaks.
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Ritual places in hills, mountains and high places were always created fundamentally as cosmic projections.
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As such, we recognize objects 'as' trees or mountains or tombs.
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By stacking the dwellings, he sees the tower as making the most of the vistas to the mountains and creating an increased respect of nature.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Burial places, river-crossings, or mountains are not neutral places.
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The first is well-defined and concrete, the mountains and rivers natural markers that stress territorial integrity and individuality.
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The mountains rise steeply from the eastern coast and the majority of the population and associated development are located on the western coastal plain.
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The persecution of minorities and opposition groups since early 1945 had forced thousands to take to the mountains or seek refuge across the frontier.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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