單詞
molehill
英 ['m??lh?l]
美
基本信息
- n. （由鼴鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的）鼴鼠丘；瑣事；無意義的事；小困難（或障礙）
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?molehills;
中文詞源
molehill 鼴丘
mole,鼴鼠，hill,小山。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
- 英國報界小題大做，釀成了一場不必要的經(jīng)濟危機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was only five minutes late, but he made a mountain out of a molehill about it.
- 她只不過遲到了五分鐘, 但他卻因此而大做文章.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
- 讓自由的回聲響徹密西西比州的每一座大山小丘吧!
來自演講部分
- 4. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
- 你不要小題大作了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. An old, close - bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.
- 這古老的牧場荒草參差, 一條曲曲彎彎的小徑,一片鼴鼠拱起的土丘.
來自英漢文學
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