anthill

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
    — On arrival at Edinburgh Waverley, I fight my way through the throngs of tourists and locals turning the place into a human anthill.

词形变化

anthills plural

词源

From Middle English ametehul, amptehille, from Old English ǣmethyll, equivalent to ant + hill.
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