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| 1 | an area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it but smaller and lower than a mountain 小山；小丘；山冈 |
| a valley surrounded by wooded hills 被长满树木的山冈环绕着的山谷 |
| the Pentland Hills 彭特兰丘陵 |
| an area popular with hill walkers 常爬小山的人所钟爱的地区 |
| the top/bottom of a hill They climbed slowly to the top of the hill. 他们慢慢地爬上了小山的山顶。 |
| on a hill The village is built on a steep hill. 这个村庄建在很陡的山冈上。 |
| in the hills We went walking in the hills. 我们去小山中散步。 |
| | 1a | a steep slope in a path or road (小径或道路的)斜坡 | | Go up the hill and turn right at the lights. 上坡后在红绿灯处往右拐。 | | the brow (=top) of a hill A motorcycle appeared over the brow of the hill. 坡顶 | |
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| 2 | the Hill AMERICAN informal the US congress |
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| - | not amount to a hill of beans AMERICAN informal
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| to not be important at all |
| 微不足道；毫不重要 |
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| - | over the hill informal
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| no longer young and therefore unable to do things you could do in the past |
| 巅峰时期已过；不再年轻；走下坡路 |
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