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hillhIln [C]an area of land that is higher than the surrounding land小山，高地，丘陵Hills are not as rocky or high as mountains, and they are usually covered by plants such as grass and trees.丘陵既不像山脉那样多岩石，也不像山脉那样高大，它们通常被草木所覆盖。They have built a house on the top of a hill overlooking the town.他们在小山顶上盖了一所房子，在那儿可以俯视这个镇。In South Australia, wine growers are going up into the hills (=an area where there are hills) in search of cooler sites for their vines.在南澳大利亚，葡萄酒酿造者深入丘陵地带，寻求更加凉爽的葡萄种植地。The railway line runs through rolling (=gently rising and falling) green hills, out towards the coast.铁路线越过起伏的绿色丘陵，一直通向海岸。She enjoys hill-walking and often spends her holidays in Wales.她喜欢在山地远足，经常到威尔士去度假。A hill is also a slope in a road.(路的)斜坡，坡度That hill's far too steep to cycle up.那个斜坡太陡了，车骑不上去。One of the manoeuvres you have to perform in your driving test is a hill start (=beginning your journey when your car is parked on a slope in a direction which faces up the slope).你在驾驶员考试中必须做的一个规定动作是坡道起步。(infml disapproving) Someone who is over the hill is considered too old, esp. to do a particular job.(尤指从事某项工作)年岁太大，走下坡路的Some companies think that people in their fifties are over the hill and not worth employing.一些公司认为五十几岁的人太老了，不值得雇用。(dated) Up hill and down dale means everywhere.到处Where have you been? We've been searching up hill and down dale for you.你到哪儿去了?我们到处在找你。A hill station is a village or town high up in the hills, esp. in India, where people go in the summer to escape from the heat.山间驻地(尤指在印度夏季避暑之地)Darjeeling is a hill station in the Himalayan foothills of north east India, which was once the summer residence of the Bengal government.大吉岭是印度东北部喜马拉雅山麓的山间驻地，那里曾是孟加拉邦政府的夏季驻地。"The hills are alive with the sound of music." (song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, 1959)“山丘随着音乐之声而充满活力”( 罗杰斯和哈默斯坦的音乐片《音乐之声》中的插曲 )"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." (Bible, Psalm 121.1)“我要向山举目，我的帮助从何而来”(《圣经·诗篇》)
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