英和和英

語源

ant +‎ heap

名詞

ant-heap (複数形 ant-heaps)

1. An ant-hill.
   • 1901 April 12, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 3, page 75:

     All along the Coast we have ant-heaps ten feet high, and more in diameter.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 9:

     The floor was made of crushed ant-heap, the hard dome of excavated earth above an ant colony, and was kept smooth by smearing it regularly with fresh cow dung.