knoll

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knoll /nəʊl $ noʊl/ noun [countable]  DNa small round hill 土墩，小圆丘

Examples from the Corpus

knoll• On 15, he was 50 feet short of the pin on his drive and stuck behind a knoll.• Mike came out and stood in the colonnade on the other side of the grassy knoll.• The mood somber on the grassy knolls, I stood, feeling like an observer, detached from the group, defeated.• With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements, I loped up the grassy knoll to the court.• On a prominent knoll near the end of the path is a distinctive cairn built in Robinson's memory.• Raised knolls give picnickers panoramic views.• Hillmarden House was situated on a small knoll just outside the village of Hillmarden itself.• He pulled out his wedge, sailed the ball over the knoll and it rolled into the cup.Origin knoll Old English cnoll

knoll nounChinese  

a small round hill Corpus

knoll
knoll /nəʊl $ noʊl/ noun [countable]a small round hill
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ mountain a very high hill: the highest mountain in Austria
   ▪ hill an area of land that is higher than the land around it, which is like a mountain but smaller and usually has a rounded top: We went for a walk in the hills. | The house is surrounded by woods, farmland and gentle hills.
   ▪ Mount (also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’: Mount Everest
   ▪ cliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea: the white cliffs of Dover
   ▪ precipice especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff: They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
   ▪ crag a high steep rock or mountain: An eagle sailed over the high crags.
   ▪ ridge a long narrow area of high ground, especially at the top of a mountain: I could see a group of climbers high up on a ridge.
   ▪ knoll a small round hill: a grassy knoll
   ▪ volcano a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out: the eruption of a volcano
   ▪ summit the very highest point of a mountain: the summit of Mt Everest
   ▪ peak especially literary the top of a mountain: the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas | a distant peak
   ▪ range/chain a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line: the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
   ▪ foothills a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains: the Sierra foothills

knollBrE /nəʊl/ 🔊NAmE /noʊl/ 🔊 nouna small round hill 圆丘；土墩 SYN mound