hillock

/ˈhɪlək/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɪlək/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhi-lək/ (ame, mw)

hillock — noun

  • hillocksingular
  • hillocksplural

1. a low rounded rise in the ground, smaller than a hill and often only a few metre

1.名詞C1
釋義

a low rounded rise in the ground, smaller than a hill and often only a few metres tall, the kind you might walk up in a single short climb.

例句

Sari's farmhouse sits on a grassy hillock that catches the morning sun.

typical pattern: on a [adjective] hillock

The children rolled down the small hillock behind the village school until their clothes were green.

collocation: small hillock

同義詞
  • knoll

    near-synonym; often used of a rounded grass-covered rise in literary or descriptive writing

  • mound

    broader: any small raised pile, sometimes man-made (a burial mound) rather than a natural landform

  • hummock

    small rise, often in marshy ground or on ice

反義詞

用法筆記

Subject is usually the landform itself or a person/structure positioned on top; prefer 'hillock' over 'hill' when emphasising small size and gentle slope.

常見錯誤

❌We climbed the steep snowy hillock for six hours.
✅We climbed the steep snowy mountain for six hours.
💡a hillock is small and easy to walk up; long, hard climbs need 'mountain' or 'peak'.