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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

mountain ['mauntɪn]
  1. 1. noun [c] 山
  2. 2. cpd [+road, stream] 山
    a mountain of sth
    [+papers, work] 一大堆某物
    to make a mountain out of a molehill
    小题大做

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

mountain [ 'maυntn] [ 'mauntɪn]
  1. 1. noun 山
    We went to the Yellow mountain, it's a great place.
    我们去了黄山，那里景色很棒。
  2. 2. noun [复数形态时]山脉；山区
    Every summer we go camping in the mountains.
    每年夏天我们都在山里露营。
  3. 3. noun 一大堆；大如山的东西
    The farmer was covering the grain mountain.
    农夫正在盖谷垛。
  4. 4. noun 大量；许多
    I have a mountain of clothes ready to be washed.
    我的脏衣服都堆成山了。
  5. 5. adjective 山的
  6. 6. adjective 山上的；生于山上的；山上（或山区）用的
  7. 7. adjective 巨大如山的

Collins English-English Dictionary

mountain ['maυntɪn]
  1. 1. n a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    mountain people
    mountain scenery
  3. 3. n (in combination)
    a mountaintop
  4. 4. n a huge heap or mass
    a mountain of papers
  5. 5. n anything of great quantity or size
  6. 6. n a surplus of a commodity, esp in the European Union
    the butter mountain
  7. 7. n See molehill
  8. 8. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French montaigne, from Vulgar Latin montanea (unattested) mountainous, from Latin montanus, from mons mountain
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Examples

the bowels of the mountain
山内 → bowel
to hole a tunnel through a mountain
穿山筑隧道 → hole
the rarefied mountain air
稀薄的高山空气 → rarefy
to toil up a mountain
吃力地爬山 → toil
mountain zebra
斑马(Equus zebra，产于南非) → zebra
Monica lives at the very top of the mountain.
莫妮卡住在山顶。
There, beyond the mountain, there is a big green valley.
在山的那边有一个青翠的大山谷。
From the peak of the mountain I could see the village below.
从山顶上我可以看到下面的村庄。 → below
I would have never imagined that I could see for miles from the top of the mountain.
我从来没有想到，站在山顶可以望到几英里外的地方。 → mile
She stood at the top of the mountain.
她站在了山顶上。 → top
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