holm

FREQ #24293

发音

UK /həʊm/
UK /həʊlm/
US /hoʊm/
US /hoʊlm/

词形变化

holms 复数

别名

holme

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Small island, islet.

  2. 2.

    An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

  3. 3.

    Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.

    苏格兰 方言
  4. 4.

    Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.

  5. 1.

    Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).

  6. 2.

    A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.

相关短语

holm oak n. 圣栎, 圣栎硬木 holm oaks sea holm [网络] 海灵 Loughton and Great Holm

词源

From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.

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