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

• We picnicked on a knoll in the park.
  我们在公园的小山上野餐。
• Pierre gave orders that he should be followed with a horse, and walked along the street to the knoll from which he had viewed the field of battle the day before.
  皮埃尔吩咐马夫牵着马跟他走。他沿着街步行到他昨天观看战场的那个土岗上。
• Rick and Kristie Knoll, who for30 years have worked a10-acre plot in Brentwood, Calif., used to hire interns who were eager to be part of a farm that supplies restaurants like Chez Panisse.
  里克和克里斯蒂诺尔已经在加利福尼亚布伦特伍德的10英亩土地上工作了30年，他们过去经常招收渴望进农场的实习生，就像是桑切斯帕尼斯供应餐馆一样。
• Before his jersey city appearance, Bush made a strong pitch on behalf of social security program before an audience of300 residents of the leisure Knoll retirement community in Manchester township.
  到泽西市巡视以前，布什总统在曼彻斯特镇休闲山庄退休社区的300居民听众面前大力宣扬社会安全计划。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。