hammock
Significat
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- 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.
- A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈhæmək/
Etimologia
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.”
Related words
Millora la teva pronunciació
Comenceu a aprendre anglès amb learnfeliz .
Practica parlar i memoritzar " hammock " i moltes altres paraules i frases a anglès .
Aneu a la nostra pàgina del curs anglès
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