hammock
['hæmәk]
n. 吊床

[医] 吊床, 吊带

1. She lay in a hammock to have a rest.
   她躺吊床息。
2. After lunch Father rested in the hammock.
   午饭，父躺吊床息。
3. Laura lounged in the hammock.
   劳懒躺吊床里。

hammock
[ noun ]

1. a small natural hill

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2. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

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Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), n. [A word of Indian origin:
cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first
voyage, says: ``A great many Indians in canoes came to the
ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and
hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.'']
1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas
about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by
clews or cords at the ends.

2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with
bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
[Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.

{Hammock nettings} (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing
hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the
rail, used for that purpose.