hummock

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美式音标hummock怎么读

近义词 ridge

hummock词义

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n. 圆丘;山岗;小丘;冰丘

词态变化

复数: hummocks;

中文词源

hummock 小山,小丘

词源不详,-ock,小词后缀。比较hillock.


hummock英文词源

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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.