Hammock
['hæmək]
解释:
(noun.) a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily.
整理:胡安妮塔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
(n.) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
校对:鲁珀特
同义词及近义词:
n. Swinging bed.
校对:塞勒斯特
解释:
n. a piece of strong cloth or netting suspended by the corners and used as a bed by sailors.
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娱乐性解释:
From the Lat. hamus, hook, and Grk. makar, happy. Happiness on hooks. Also, a popular contrivance whereby love-making may be suspended but not stopped during the picnic season.
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例句:
- The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterward the motion was easy enough. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- I must have been sound asleep in the hammock. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I found myself not very well, and told the page that I had a mind to take a nap in my hammock, which I hoped would do me good. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- An arrangement is made similar to a hammock, which is attached to the back of the cabinet, and is then affixed to a false wooden bust made to fit the bust of the lady. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Peeping through the meshes of the hammock, he saw the Marches coming out, as if bound on some expedition. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Some time after he was in his hammock that night, I heard him myself repeat to Ham, 'Poor thing! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Ten loaded hammocks retarded its pace. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The prize crew soon had the vessel under proper sail once more and the living members of the ill-starred company carried below to their hammocks. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The laborers and their families sleep in hammocks or on matting on the floor. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The two hammocks swing differently. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- They carried bedding and hammocks, the latter for transporting their sick and wounded. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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