mound

noun

1. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

e.g. he has played every position except pitcher
they have a southpaw on the mound

Synonym: pitcher

2. structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

e.g. they built small mounds to hide behind

Synonym: hill

3. (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

Synonym: hillpitcher's mound

4. a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Synonym: pileheapagglomeratecumulationcumulus

5. a small natural hill

Synonym: knollhillockhummockhammock

verb

1. form into a rounded elevation

e.g. mound earth

1. (一)堆;(一)垛
A mound of something is a large rounded pile of it.

e.g. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt...
推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
e.g. The table was a mound of paper and books.
桌上堆满了文件和书。

2. (棒球内场中央高出地面的)投球区土墩
In baseball, the mound is the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball.

1. 土墩：投手板的地方称为土墩(mound)土墩是从地面要高出约38.1公分填土筑成,在此将使投手板和地面水平埋入,而且自投手板向各垒线造成缓和的倾斜坡.

2. 隆起：5、仔细建造地形,使用隆起(Mound)和挖掘(Dig)工具,抬高或降低地形. 使用抚平高度(Smooth Height)工具,可以使山脉和谷地有更自然的面貌.

3. mound的解释

3. 土堆：从王子大街(Princes Street)的圆土堆(Mound)开始,沿街都是非常漂亮的建筑. 其中包括苏格兰国家画廊(National Gallery of Scotland),这座新古典主义的建筑收藏了包括伦勃朗和拉斐尔在内的几位知名欧洲画家的作品;