hummock
英 ['hʌmək]
美['hʌmək]
- 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.