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