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molehill是什么意思

    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]

    实用例句

    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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