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- a rounded mass projecting above a surface堆, 垛。
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- a raised mass of earth, stones, or other compacted material, sometimes created artificially for purposes of defence or burial（有时指为防御或埋葬而人为构筑的）土堤; 土墩; 石堆。
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- a small hill小丘, 小山岗。
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a mound of/mounds of
a large pile or quantity of something一大堆; 大量：a mound of dirty crockery.
一大堆脏盘碟。
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- Baseball a slight elevation from which the pitcher delivers the ball【棒球】投球区土墩。
with obj.
1- heap up into a rounded pile把…拢成堆：
try to mound up the cream quite high.
试着把奶油堆得高高的。
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- archaic enclose, bound, or fortify with an embankment〈古〉用土堤围; 用土堤加固。
短语
take the mound
- Baseball (of a pitcher) have a turn at pitching【棒球】（投手）轮到投球。
词源
early 16th cent. （as a verb in the sense 'enclose with a fence or hedge'）： of obscure origin. An early sense of the noun was 'boundary hedge or fence'.