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Definition of hummock in English: hummocknoun ˈhʌməkˈhəmək 1A hillock or knoll. 小圆丘，岗 Example sentencesExamples - Rounding off the pavilion's layers is a roof garden with grassy hummocks and a calm, reflecting pool.
- They watch for prey from slightly elevated perches such as hummocks, rocks, and fence posts.
- It is situated on the ground, on grass clumps or hummocks in the open tundra.
- Coming back we crossed a vast expanse of low, sandy hummocks covered with sand verbena.
- They sat on a raised hummock, and soon the hummock became an island as the water rose about them.
Synonyms hillock, hump, mound, knoll, tump, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, dune, barrow, tumulus North American knob South African koppie archaic knap, monticle - 1.1 A hump or ridge in an ice field.
（冰原中的）冰丘，堆积冰 Example sentencesExamples - It can be a height of land, a hummock of ice, or any place of elevation that affords an observer a clear view of their surroundings to make good observations.
- Just a tiny little ice hummock that had been pushed up to form kind of a dinner-sized tabletop platform of ice that we thought might fit a single tent.
- 1.2North American A piece of forested ground rising above a marsh.
〈北美〉（沼泽地中林木茂密的）肥沃高地 Example sentencesExamples - The resulting hummock and hollow microtopography of the forest floor is characteristic of mixed conifer and cedar swamps in New York state.
Derivativesadjective ˈhʌməkiˈhəməki In hummocky terrain, the wire is presently suspended above the soil surface over hollows. Example sentencesExamples - They do not return to the vast hummocky moorlands until late May or even early June.
- Bears generally hunt along pressure ridges, in hummocky ice, and at the edges of rough ice areas.
- Most sandstones arc characterized by erosional bases, hummocky cross-stratification and intensely burrowed tops.
- Topographically, it consists of uneven, hummocky terrain interspersed with small, shallow pools of highly acidic bog water.
OriginMid 16th century (originally in nautical use denoting a small hillock on the coast): of unknown origin. Definition of hummock in US English: hummocknounˈhəməkˈhəmək 1A hillock, knoll, or mound. 小圆丘，岗 Example sentencesExamples - Coming back we crossed a vast expanse of low, sandy hummocks covered with sand verbena.
- Rounding off the pavilion's layers is a roof garden with grassy hummocks and a calm, reflecting pool.
- They watch for prey from slightly elevated perches such as hummocks, rocks, and fence posts.
- They sat on a raised hummock, and soon the hummock became an island as the water rose about them.
- It is situated on the ground, on grass clumps or hummocks in the open tundra.
Synonyms hillock, hump, mound, knoll, tump, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, dune, barrow, tumulus - 1.1 A hump or ridge in an ice field.
（冰原中的）冰丘，堆积冰 Example sentencesExamples - Just a tiny little ice hummock that had been pushed up to form kind of a dinner-sized tabletop platform of ice that we thought might fit a single tent.
- It can be a height of land, a hummock of ice, or any place of elevation that affords an observer a clear view of their surroundings to make good observations.
- 1.2North American A piece of forested ground rising above a marsh.
〈北美〉（沼泽地中林木茂密的）肥沃高地 Example sentencesExamples - The resulting hummock and hollow microtopography of the forest floor is characteristic of mixed conifer and cedar swamps in New York state.
OriginMid 16th century (originally in nautical use denoting a small hillock on the coast): of unknown origin. |