drumlin

英 ['drʌmlɪn] 美 ['drʌmlɪn]
  • n. 冰堆丘;冰丘;[地质] 鼓丘
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drumlin 鼓丘,冰堆丘

来自爱尔兰语droim, 背,山脊。-lin, 小词后缀。鼓丘是上世纪50年代的地理学界的错误翻译,虽然有学者指出这一错误,但是由于以讹传讹,已经固化为专有名词。

drumlin (n.)
1833, diminutive of drum (1725) "ridge or long, narrow hill," often separating two parallel valleys, from Gaelic and Irish druim "back, ridge."