molehill

英 ['məʊlhɪl] 美
  • n. (由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的)鼹鼠丘;琐事;无意义的事;小困难(或障碍)

中文词源


molehill 鼹丘

mole,鼹鼠,hill,小山。比喻用法。

英文词源


molehill (n.)
also mole-hill, mid-15c., from mole (n.2) + hill (n.).
To much amplifying thinges yt. be but small, makyng mountaines of Molehils. [John Foxe, "Acts and Monuments," 1570]

双语例句


1. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
英国报界小题大做,酿成了一场不必要的经济危机。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She was only five minutes late, but he made a mountain out of a molehill about it.
她只不过迟到了五分钟, 但他却因此而大做文章.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
让自由的回声响彻密西西比州的每一座大山小丘吧!

来自演讲部分

4. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
你不要小题大作了.

来自辞典例句

5. An old, close - bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.
这古老的牧场荒草参差, 一条曲曲弯弯的小径,一片鼹鼠拱起的土丘.

来自英汉文学

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