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单词 pendant-like
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pendant-likeadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈpɛnd(ə)ntlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɛndəntˌlaɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pendant n., -like suffix.
Etymology: < pendant n. + -like suffix.
Resembling a pendant (in various senses). Also as adv.: in the manner of a pendant.
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a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 183 In Stars..by the Seraphs in Mosaick wrought, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, Wav'd pendent-like.
1885 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 1 108 There is one region where the chief and perhaps the sole use of a rude class of pendant-like objects seems to have been as sinkers.
1996 J. Davidson in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture i. 21 A rather difficult category to identify archaeologically is the aurei or cloak pin, a slender curved pendant-like object of bone or ivory, perforated at one end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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