hummock

英 ['hʌmək]美 ['hʌmək]

n. 圆丘；山岗；小丘；冰丘

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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.

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