Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - mountain
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Mountain
mountain
~ n 1 a very high hill (the Rocky Mountains | a mountain rescue team) 2 also mountains plural a very large pile or amount of something (My mother-in-law always gives me a mountain of potatoes from her garden. | I've got mountains of washing to do.) 3 butter/grain etc mountain a very large amount of food that is stored in order to prevent prices from becoming lower, especially by the European Union (- compare lake (2)) 4 make a mountain out of a molehill to treat a problem as if it was very serious when in fact it is not
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(mountains) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A mountain is a very high area of land with steep sides. Ben Nevis, in Scotland, is Britain’s highest mountain. N-COUNT 2. If you talk about a mountain of something, or mountains of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it. (INFORMAL) They are faced with a mountain of bureaucracy... QUANT: QUANT of pl-n/n-uncount c darkgreen]emphasis 3. If you say that someone has a mountain to climb, you mean that it will be difficult for them to achieve what they want to achieve. (JOURNALISM) ‘We had a mountain to climb after the second goal went in,’ said Crosby. PHRASE: usu v PHR 4. to make a mountain out of a molehill: see molehill ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French muntaine, from Vulgar Latin *montanea, from feminine of *montaneus of a ~, alteration of Latin montanus, from mont-, mons Date: 13th century 1. a. a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill b. an elongated ridge 2. a. a great mass b. a vast number or quantity ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large or high and steep hill. 2 a large heap or pile; a huge quantity (a mountain of work). 3 a large surplus stock of a commodity (butter mountain). Phrases and idioms make a mountain out of a molehill see MOLEHILL. mountain ash 1 a tree, Sorbus aucuparia, with delicate pinnate leaves and scarlet berries: also called ROWAN. 2 any of several Australian eucalypts. mountain chain a connected series of mountains. mountain goat a white goatlike animal, Oreamnos americanus, of the Rocky Mountains etc. mountain laurel a N. American shrub, Kalmia latifolia. mountain lion a puma. mountain panther = OUNCE(2). mountain range a line of mountains connected by high ground. mountain sickness a sickness caused by the rarefaction of the air at great heights. Mountain Time US the standard time of parts of Canada and the US in or near the Rocky Mountains. move mountains 1 achieve spectacular results. 2 make every possible effort. Derivatives mountainy adj. Etymology: ME f. OF montaigne ult. f. L (as MOUNT(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) гора 2) горный 3) горский - mountain aneroid - mountain observatory - mountain river - mountain terrain ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. гора mountain chain (range) —- горная цепь mountain cure —- лечение горным воздухом 2. масса, куча, множество a mountain of debts —- масса (куча) долгов 3. (the M.) ист. "Гора" (партия монтаньяров во Франции) 4. сорт малаги (также mountain wine) Id: to make a mountain out of a molehill —- делать из мухи слона Id: the mountain has brought forth a mouse —- гора родила мышь Id: if the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain —- посл. если гора не идет к Магомету, то Магомет идет к горе ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) гора 2) масса, куча, множество 3) (the Mountain) fr. hist. Гора, партия монтаньяров 4) attr. горный; нагорный the mountain in labour, the mountain has brought forth a mouse - гора родила мышь to make a mountain out of a molehill - делать из мухи слона; преувеличивать Syn: cliff, hill, hillock, plateau, precipice, promontory, range Ant: plain MOUNTAIN ash рябина ликёрная или обыкновенная (Sorbus aucuparia) MOUNTAIN dew виски ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from O.Fr. montaigne, from V.L. *montanea "mountain, mountain region," from fem. of *montaneus "of a mountain, mountainous," from L. montanus "mountainous," from mons (gen. montis) "mountain, mount (n.)." Mountain dew "raw and inferior whiskey" first recorded 1839. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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