英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈməʊlhɪl/

名詞

molehill (plural molehills)

1. A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

派生語

動詞

molehill (third-person singular simple present molehills, present participle molehilling, simple past and past participle molehilled)

1. To exaggerate a problem and perceive it as larger or worse than it actually is.
   • 2016 August 4, “Off-hand remark in Rio chafes Chinese Net”, in Global Times‎, archived from the original on 7 March 2020:

     As Brazil faced the mountainous task of completing an Olympic venue before the opening ceremony, Chinese netizens got busy molehilling a remark by a Rio construction manager about their China supplier.