knoll
knoll — 名詞
- knollsingular
- knollsplural
1. a small rounded hill that stands a little higher than the land around it
小丘
小而圓的低矮山丘
a small rounded hill that stands a little higher than the land around it
Rin spread the picnic blanket on a grassy knoll above the river.
Rin 把野餐毯鋪在河邊上方那座長滿草的小丘上。
collocation: grassy knoll
From the knoll, Talia could watch sheep moving across the valley.
站在那座小丘上，Talia 可以看著羊群穿過山谷。
A white chapel stood alone on the knoll behind the village.
村子後方的小丘上，孤零零地立著一座白色小教堂。
pattern: on the knoll behind + place
After the storm, workers checked the knoll for loose wet soil.
暴風雨過後，工人檢查那座小丘是否有鬆動的濕土。
The children ran up the knoll to fly their bright kites.
孩子們跑上小丘去放色彩鮮明的風箏。
- grassy knoll
- wooded knoll
- on a knoll
- atop a knoll
- valley
A valley is lower land between hills rather than a raised piece of ground.
文法句型
on a knoll
atop a knoll
the knoll above/behind + place
用法筆記
Often used for a rounded rise in a field, park, or old landscape. It is more specific and slightly more literary than the general word 'hill'.