molehill
英 [ˈməʊl.hɪl]
美 [ˈmoʊl.hɪl]
- n. (由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的)鼹鼠丘;琐事;无意义的事;小困难(或障碍)
将“molehill”拆分为“mole”(鼹鼠)和“hill”(小山)。想象一只鼹鼠在挖掘时无意间堆起了一个小山丘,这个小山丘就像是鼹鼠工作中的一个微不足道的小挫折或问题,即“ molehill”(小事一桩)。这样的联想可以帮助你记住这个单词。
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molehill 鼹丘mole,鼹鼠,hill,小山。比喻用法。
- molehill (n.)
- also mole-hill, mid-15c., from mole (n.2) + hill (n.).
To much amplifying thinges yt. be but small, makyng mountaines of Molehils. [John Foxe, "Acts and Monuments," 1570]
- 1. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
- 英国报界小题大做,酿成了一场不必要的经济危机。
- 2. She was only five minutes late, but he made a mountain out of a molehill about it.
- 她只不过迟到了五分钟, 但他却因此而大做文章.
- 3. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
- 让自由的回声响彻密西西比州的每一座大山小丘吧!
- 4. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
- 你不要小题大作了.
- 5. An old, close - bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.
- 这古老的牧场荒草参差, 一条曲曲弯弯的小径,一片鼹鼠拱起的土丘.