hummock
英 ['h?m?k]
美['h?m?k]
- n. 圓丘；山崗；小丘；冰丘
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?hummocks;
助記提示
1. human => hum- => hummock.
中文詞源
hummock 小山，小丘
詞源不詳，-ock,小詞后綴。比較hillock.
英英釋意
- 1. a small natural hill
英文詞源
- hummock (n.)
- "knoll, hillock," 1550s, originally nautical, "conical small hill on a seacoast," of obscure origin, though second element is diminutive suffix -ock. In Florida, where the local form is hammock, it means a clump of hardwood trees on a knoll in a swamp or on a key.