coomb

n. 山旁峡谷, 海边小溪崖

发音

其它 /kuːm/

词形变化

coombs 复数

别名

comb

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.

  2. 1.

    Alternative spelling of combe.

词源

From Middle English *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“tub, cistern”)), from Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”). Compare German Kumpf (“bowl”). Alternatively, perhaps from Latin cumba (“boat, tomb of stone”), from Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow of a vessel, cup, boat”).

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