hummock

英 ['hʌmək] 美['hʌmək]
英英释义
近义词ridge
  • n. 圆丘;山岗;小丘;冰丘

词态变化


复数: hummocks;

助记提示


1. human => hum- => hummock.

中文词源


hummock 小山,小丘

词源不详,-ock,小词后缀。比较hillock.

英文词源


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.