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molehill

英 [ˈməʊlhɪl]

美 [ˈmoʊlhɪl]

n.  鼹丘(由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成)

复数:molehills 

BNC.36989 / COCA.33969

习惯用语

    n.

      make a mountain out of a molehill
    • 小题大做;夸大其词
      to make an unimportant matter seem important

    牛津词典

      noun

      • 鼹丘(由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成)
        a small pile of earth that a mole leaves on the surface of the ground when it digs underground

        柯林斯词典

        • (由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的)鼹鼠丘
          Amolehillis a small pile of earth made by a mole digging a tunnel.
          1. PHRASE 小题大做;大惊小怪
            If you say that someone ismaking a mountain out of a molehill, you are critical of them for making an unimportant fact or difficulty seem like a serious one.
            1. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
              英国报界小题大做,酿成了一场不必要的经济危机。

          英英释义

          noun

          • a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing

            双语例句

            • But you actually made a mountain out of a molehill! Congratulations on your success.
              可你却真的做到了聚沙成塔、积腋成裘!祝贺你的成功。
            • My mountain is higher than your molehill.
              我的山要比你的丘陵高。
            • Long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Killing a mosquito with a cannon/ making a mountain out of molehill
              长腿的瘦型飞虫,象大蚊子但不咬人。高射炮打蚊子,小题大做
            • Your "broken arm" was only a sprained wrist. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
              你只是扭了一下手腕,哪有摔断胳膊。别小题大做了。
            • An old, close-bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there. They douBled themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
              这古老的牧场荒草参差,一条曲曲弯弯的小径,一片鼹鼠拱起的土丘。他们一个个都弯下腰,手脚着地,做成拱门的形状。
            • I'm sure she'll give you the money back, so there's no need to start making a mountain out of a molehill.
              我相信她会把钱还你的,所以没有必要小题大做。
            • Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
              不要小题大做,人体艺术图片。
            • In their hearts that may be a piece of cake, would say I make a mountain out of a molehill.
              在他们心里这可能是小事一桩,搞不好还会说我小题大做。
            • Possessing the right tools ( and skills) can easily shrink a mountainous task into a molehill.
              拥有合适的工具(以及技能)能让你事半功倍。
            • At last they were on dry sand, and then on grass-a huge plain of very fine short grass, almost level with the Silver Sea and spreading in every direction without so much as a molehill.
              终于走到干燥的沙地上,接着又走到草地上&好大一片草原,长着细细短短的草,几乎同银海一样高,向四面八方铺展开去,连个鼹鼠窠都没有。