| 单词 | hummock |
| 释义 | hummock (once / 5555 pages) n You don't swing in a hummock, you climb one. A hummock is a hill, a mound, or a ridge. This word was once a nautical term describing a hill rising up on a coastline. A hummock is a perfect place for a lighthouse. Today it is either a rounded hill or an elevated place in an ice field. The origin of the word is unknown, but the ending -ock is a diminutive, meaning it gives the noun the sense of being small. That is why a hummock is a knoll and not a mountain. WORD FAMILYhummock: hummocks USAGE EXAMPLESSoon I couldn’t see a kangaroo bounding through the desert or grazing on hummock grass without thinking of the skull behind those living, thick-lashed eyes. New York Times(Sep 20, 2016) In the wild, they’re found in swampy areas, but only if they’re perched on hummocks at least 14 inches above the water level. Washington Post(Apr 26, 2016) As we prepared to tee off to a broad landing area between two immense hummocks, a border collie ran across the fairway. Washington Post(Jul 09, 2015) n a small natural hill Syn|Hypo|Hyper hammock, hillock, knoll, mound anthill, formicary a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest kopje, koppiea small hill rising up from the African veld molehilla mound of earth made by moles while burrowing hill a local and well-defined elevation of the land |
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