单词 | mound |
释义 | Word Frequency mound 1(maʊnd) noun 1. a raised mass of earth, debris, etc 2. any heap or pile a mound of washing 3. a small natural hill 4. archaeology another word for barrow2 5. an artificial ridge of earth, stone, etc, as used for defence verb ▶ Related adjective: tumular6. (often foll by up) to gather into a mound; heap 7. (transitive) to cover or surround with a mound to mound a grave Word origin C16: earthwork, perhaps from Old English mund hand, hence defence: compare Middle Dutch mond protectionWord Frequency mound 2(maʊnd) noun heraldry a rare word for orb (sense 1) Word origin C13 (meaning: world, C16: orb): from French monde, from Latin mundus world |
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