hassock

Word family nounhassockadjectivehassocky

has·sock /ˈhæsək/ noun [countableC]

1. DHFa small cushion for kneeling on in a church 〔教堂里的〕祈祷跪垫

2. American EnglishAmEDHF a soft round piece of furniture used as a seat or for resting your feet on 坐垫，脚垫 SYN British English pouffe

Examples from the Corpus

hassock• The relatively modern pews and colourful hassocks seem merely transient and do nothing to conceal the vibrant essence of this ancient environment.• My father pointed to the old round leather hassock.• Mr Peniket collected the prayer-books and straightened the hassocks.• The hassock had once been green and red and was now a uniform brown.

Origin hassock

Old English hassuc “small thick mass of grass”

单词	hassock
释义	hassock Word family nounhassockadjectivehassocky has·sock /ˈhæsək/ noun [countableC] 1. DHFa small cushion for kneeling on in a church 〔教堂里的〕祈祷跪垫 2. American EnglishAmEDHF a soft round piece of furniture used as a seat or for resting your feet on 坐垫，脚垫 SYN British English pouffe Examples from the Corpus hassock• The relatively modern pews and colourful hassocks seem merely transient and do nothing to conceal the vibrant essence of this ancient environment.• My father pointed to the old round leather hassock.• Mr Peniket collected the prayer-books and straightened the hassocks.• The hassock had once been green and red and was now a uniform brown. Origin hassock Old English hassuc “small thick mass of grass”
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