hammock英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

— […] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […]
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. US

动词 v.

To lie in a hammock. intransitive

— "I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."
To hang in a way that resembles a hammock. transitive

— "She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth."
To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock. transitive

— "She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror."
To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it. transitive

词形变化

hammocks plural hammocks present,singular,third-person hammocking participle,present hammocked participle,past hammocked past

词汇关系

衍生词

banana hammock hammockless hammocklike hammock litter hammock netting hammocky hammocked hammocking

词源

词源 1

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. 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.”

词源 2

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. 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.”