#英语词汇辨析 #
People should have some large or small mountains in their psychology at any time, they are the source of all efforts and the driving force for progress, the basic existence of people to realize themselves, there is pressure to have motivation, and what does not crush you will be the extraordinary driving force that casts your future;
In English, we often use mountain to represent mountains, which are often abbreviated as Mount and sometimes abbreviated to Mt, and are often used for some place-name proper nouns. , such as Mount Qomolangma, Mount Tai, Mount Kilimanjaro or Mt Kenya.
First hill is interpreted in English as: an area of land that is higher than the land around it, but not as high as a mountain, meaning "hill, hill", while the English interpretation of mountain: a very high hill, often with rocks near the top, meaning "mountain, mountain", for example:
1. Hill, the top of the hill is often circular, so often people build houses or castles on it, etc
The house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
The house is built on a small hillside overlooking the river.
The castle is set on a steep hill.
The castle sits on a steep hill.
2. Mountain, most have steep slopes and well-defined summits, so climbing certain mountains is a challenge, for example
The Rockies are a mountain range in the western United States.
The Rocky Mountains are a mountain range in the western United States.
We camped on one of the lower slopes of the mountain.
We camped on a lower slope of the mountain.
It can be seen that mountain is a mountain higher than hill, which is why mountaineering is said to climb a mountain or go mountain climbing, not climbing a hill or go hill climbing, so the terms related to mountaineering are used mountain, such as mountain bike, mountain climber and so on.
In the use of some idioms or phrases, because of its tall stature, it is often used to compare it to extremely difficult things, such as having a mountain to climb, and it is often used to indicate a large number of things, such as:
If you want to found an IT company, you will have a mountain to climb.
If you want to start an IT company, you will have a lot of difficult things to do.
Parents always have mountains of work to do when educating their children.
Parents always have a lot of work to do when it comes to educating their children.
In general, the main differences between hill and mountain are summarized as follows:
1. Usually hill elevation is lower than mountain elevation, usually less than 2000 feet, looks like a "lump", the summit is often present or mound-like, and the lowest altitude of mountain is usually greater than 2000 feet.
2. When describing the local topography, it is usually represented by mountains or peaks, and the name of the mountain often contains mountain and Mount, rather than hill, such as Mount Hood, Mount Ranier and so on.
3. Mountain usually has a noun and a main peak, and has a steep slope, not easy to climb, so mountaineering is sometimes a great challenge, and hill usually has no name, the top is relatively round, easy to climb, so the mountain in mountaineering usually refers to mountain.
4. There are exceptions, of course, and sometimes mountains with hills in their names are also considered mountains, such as the Black Mountain or the Black Hills, named after the Lakota Indians.
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