hummock

英 ['h?m?k] 美['h?m?k]
英英釋義
近義詞ridge
  • 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.