bummock

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A brewing of ale. Scotland,obsolete
  2. A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
    — Q. Are there not October gales which often separate the bummocks of ice and allow ships to pass on! - A. Decidedly. I do not know what the direction of the wind was at the time, but if the wind was going from the land, then he would[…]

词形变化

bummocks plural

词源

For the sense relating to alcohol: from or cognate to Scots bummock (“a brewing of drink; the liquor so brewed”), perhaps from Scots bummie, bummo, a vessel for holding liquid, itself perhaps from Old Norse, compare Icelandic bumba (“drum”).
For the sense relating to ice, perhaps compare how keel can mean either a similar ice structure or a brewer's vat.
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