| 单词 | pendant |
| 释义 | pendant —pendanted, adj. —pendantlike, adj. /pen"deuhnt/, n. Also pendent. 1. a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace. 2. an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling. 3. a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier. 4. that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch. 5. a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart. 6. Also, pennant. Naut. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end. adj. 7. pendent. [1300-50; ME pendaunt < AF; MF pendant, n. use of prp. of pendre to hang < VL *pendere for L pendere. See PEND, -ANT] |
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