mountain

山

周囲より非常に高く、たいてい急な斜面と頂上がある土地。

やさしい英語で： A very high area of land, usually with steep sides and a top called a peak.

• We climbed a mountain.
• Snow covers the tops of these mountains.
• Their village sits at the foot of the mountain.

類義語： mount

よく使う表現： climb a mountain, mountain range, mountain path

山、大量

非常に多い量や大きな山積み、または並外れて大きいもの。

やさしい英語で： A very large amount or pile of something, or something unusually big.

• I have a mountain of work.
• Mountains of rubbish lay beside the road.
• He was a mountain of a man.

使い方： a mountain of something (There was a mountain of laundry on the bed.)

類義語： heap, pile, mass

よく使う表現： mountain of something, mountain of work, mountain of paperwork