mound

小山、盛り土

小さな丘や、土、石などが丸く盛り上がったもの。

やさしい英語で： A small hill or a rounded pile of earth, stones, or similar material.

• A small mound stood behind the house.
• They piled the soil into a mound.
• Ancient burial mounds covered the hillside.

使い方： a mound of something (A mound of sand blocked the path.)

類義語： heap, pile, hillock

よく使う表現： mound of earth, burial mound, small mound

マウンド

野球で、投手が打者に球を投げるときに立つ、土が盛り上がった場所。

やさしい英語で： The raised area of earth where a baseball player stands to throw the ball to the batter.

• The pitcher walked to the mound.
• The coach joined him on the mound.
• Who will take the mound in tomorrow's game?

類義語： pitcher's mound

よく使う表現： pitcher's mound, on the mound, take the mound

山、山盛り

大量のもの。積み重なって山になっている場合が多い。

やさしい英語で： A large amount of something, often arranged in a pile.

• She served a mound of rice.
• Mounds of dirty laundry filled the room.
• There's a huge mound of paperwork on my desk.

使い方： a mound of something (He faced a mound of paperwork.)

類義語： heap, pile, mountain

よく使う表現： mound of rice, mound of paperwork, huge mound

盛り上げる、積み上げる

物を積んで、丸い山や小さな丘の形にする。

やさしい英語で： To put something into a rounded pile or small hill.

• Mound the rice in the centre.
• She mounded earth around the young plants.
• The soil was mounded into low hills.

使い方： mound something around something (Mound the soil around the base of the plant.)

類義語： heap, pile up

よく使う表現： mound up soil, mound the earth, mound rice