holk

[地名] [荷兰] 霍尔克

词形变化

holks 复数 holks holked holking holks 三单 holking 现在分词 holked 过去式 holked 过去分词

别名

howk houk

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hollow cavity.

    英国 方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.

    英国 方言 及物
  2. 2.

    To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.

    英国 方言 及物
  3. 3.

    To dig up; excavate.

    英国 方言 及物

词源

From Middle English holk, from Old English holc, holoc (“hole, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *holuk, from Proto-Germanic *hulukaz (“a hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”). Equivalent to hole + -ock (diminutive ending). Cognate with Low German holke, hölke (“small hole”), German Holk (“a type of flat-bottomed barge”), Swedish holk (“nest, birdhouse”), dialectal Norwegian holk, hylke (“wooden barrel, cask”), Icelandic hólkur (“hollow cylinder or tube”). Related to hulk.

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