transcription, транскрипция: [ maʊntɪn, AM -t(ə)n ]
( 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 [ 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