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单词 molehill
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molehill

(moʊlhɪl)
Word forms: plural molehills
1. countable noun
A molehill is a small pile of earth made by a mole digging a tunnel.
2. 
See to make a mountain out of a molehill

molehill in British English

(ˈməʊlˌhɪl) or molecast (ˈməʊlˈkɑːst)
noun
1. 
the small mound of earth thrown up by a burrowing mole
2.  make a mountain out of a molehill

molehill in American English

(ˈmoʊlˌhɪl)
noun
a small ridge or mound of earth, formed by a burrowing mole
Idioms:
make a mountain out of a molehill

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molehill

make a mountain out of a molehill

Examples of 'molehill' in a sentence
molehill

But when you're young and in love, even the mountainous Dalziel could shrink to a molehill.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
After they killed him I wanted to emigrate to Holland and never see so much as a molehill again.
Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS (2001)
The rally had given him a lot of extra work, and he saw no point in making a mountain out of this particular molehill.
Harcourt, Palma A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE (2001)
Of course, to call four rickety docks sticking out into the river a harbor was something like calling a molehill a mountain.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE (2001)
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