tussock

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʌs.ək/    美 /ˈtʌs.ək/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
    — An Indian grazing ground is all rocks and scrub and tussocks and little ravines, among which the herds scatter and disappear.
  2. Tussock grass.
    — I yearned, painfully, for […] a sight and touch of a hillside covered with golden tussock.

词形变化

tussocks plural tussac alternative tussack alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
blue tussock ficus tussock moth hard tussock nassella tussock plumed tussock red tussock serrated tussock sweet tussock tussock bellflower tussock caterpillar tussocked tussocker tussock grass tussockgrass tussockland tussock moth tussock sedge tussocky yellow tussock

词源

Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German zūse (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary