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hammock 音标拼音: [h'æmək] n. 吊床,小丘 吊床,小丘 hammock n 1: a small natural hill [ synonym: { knoll}, { mound}, { hillock}, { hummock}, { hammock}] 2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting ( usually suspended between two trees); swings easily [ synonym: { hammock}, { sack}] Hammock \ Ham" mock\ ( h[ a^] m" m[ o^] k), n. [ A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: " A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to- day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep."] 1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land. [ Southern U. S.] -- Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster] { Hammock nettings} ( Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose. Hamose
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