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小山,丘陵,小土堆作成土堆,堆成小丘
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hill \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hilling}.]
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;
as, to hill corn.
Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey.
Hill \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
{Holm}.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
above the common level of the surrounding land; an
eminence less than a mountain.
Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
4.
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
plants. [U. S.] See {Hill}, v. t.
3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
{Hill ant} (Zo["o]l.), a common ant ({Formica rufa}), of
Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over
its nests.
{Hill myna} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of birds of
India, of the genus {Gracula}, and allied to the
starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
[Written also {hill mynah}.] See {Myna}.
{Hill partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a partridge of the genus
{Aborophila}, of which numerous species in habit Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
{Hill tit} (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small
Asiatic singing birds of the family {Leiotrichid[ae]}.
Many are beautifully colored.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hill
n 1: a local and well-defined elevation of the land
2: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually
of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide
behind" [syn: {mound}]
3: United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) [syn: {J. J. Hill},
{James Jerome Hill}]
4: risque English comedian (1925-1992) [syn: {Benny Hill}, {Alfred
Hawthorne}]
5: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
[syn: {mound}, {pitcher's mound}]
hill
v : form into a hill