| 单词 | hammock |
| 释义 | hammock (once / 1285 pages) 1n 2n A hammock is a rope or canvas bed that hangs from a stand, two trees, or another support. You might enjoy reading a book while lying in a hammock under a shady tree. Most people use hammocks to nap or relax, rather than sleeping in them all night, and many kids enjoy swinging back and forth in a hammock. In some cultures and special situations, hammocks have been used for regular sleeping — for example, hammocks were once commonly found on ships, providing sailors with easily portable beds. Hammock comes from the Spanish hamaca, a variation on the Taino hamaka, "fish nets." WORD FAMILYhammock: hammocks USAGE EXAMPLESIn response to successive messages containing profanity, Kai might say, “I’m envisioning white sand and a hammock. Please try me later.” The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Drivers sling hammocks in their wheel wells and sometimes wait several days in the thick tropical heat. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) The images capture people enjoying life — playing the accordion, smoking a cigarette, swinging in a hammock. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) 1 n a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily 2Syn|Hyper sack bed a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep n a small natural hill Syn|Hypo|Hyper hillock, hummock, 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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