holm

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /həʊm/|/həʊlm/    美 /hoʊm/|/hoʊlm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Small island, islet.
  2. Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).
    — The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound.
  3. An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
  4. A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
  5. 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. Orkney,Scotland,dialectal
  6. Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.

词形变化

holms plural holme alternative,obsolete holms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
holming holm oak sea holm

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.
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