| 释义 |
ham·mock
I. \ˈhamək also -mik or -mēk\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Spanish hamaca, from Taino
1. : a swinging couch or bed usually made of netting or canvas and slung by cords from supports at each end
< two trees just wide enough apart to swing a hammock >
2. : something that resembles a hammock (as the suspended nest of an oriole); specifically : a length of light twine netting hung along or across a sleeping-car berth to hold wearing apparel and other personal belongings
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to suspend in or as if in a hammock
< hammocked him in her shawl in a loop that placed him close to her breast — John Steinbeck >
< content to hammock himself passively in the amplitude of enveloping time — Victoria Sackville-West >
III. noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : hummock
2. : a fertile area in the southern United States (as Florida) that is often somewhat higher than its surroundings and is characterized by hardwood vegetation and soil of greater depth and containing more humus than that of the flatwoods or pinelands; specifically : an island of dense tropical undergrowth in the Everglades |