n.[C]
    
      - 山
 
      - 山脈[P]
 
      - 堆積如山的東西;(歐洲共同體)過剩的堆積如山的食物;大量[S1][P1][(+of)]
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grain 
mountain堆積如山的穀物
beef 
mountain堆積如山的牛肉
She has a 
mountain of dirty clothes to wash.
她有一大堆髒衣服要洗。
 
    
    a.
    
      - 山的
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This 
mountain road leads to the copper mine.
這條山路通向那個銅礦。
 
      - 巨大的
 
    
   
  片語
  
    mountain of flesh
    
      - 高大結實的人
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Tom is a 
mountain of flesh.
湯姆是個身材魁偉的人。
 
    
    make a mountain out of a molehill
    
      - 小題大作
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I'm sure she'll give you the money back, so there's no need to start 
making a mountain out of a molehill.
我相信她會把錢還你的,所以沒有必要小題大作。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
  - an elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly and to a large height from the surrounding level.
 - a large pile or quantity of something. 
▸a large surplus stock of a commodity:
 a butter mountain.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - move mountains
 achieve spectacular and apparently impossible results. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. montaigne, based on L. mons, mont- ‘mountain’.