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:
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a butter mountain.
Phrase
- move mountains
achieve spectacular and apparently impossible results.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. montaigne, based on L. mons, mont- ‘mountain’.
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