pendant
英['pend(?)nt]
美['p?nd?nt]
- n. 下垂物，垂飾
詞態變化
復數:?pendants;
助記提示
區分pendant, pendent: 字母a表示一個，進而表示一個吊墜。
中文詞源
pendant 項鏈上的垂飾
來自拉丁語pendere,懸掛，來自PIE*spend,*spen,拉，伸，詞源同span,pendulum.引申詞義項鏈上的垂飾。
英文詞源
- pendant (n.)
- early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c. 1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE *(s)pend-, extended form of root *(s)pen- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].
雙語例句
- 1. My necklace has a heart pendant, but I don't wear it everyday.
- 我的項鏈有一個心形的垂飾, 但我并非每天都戴他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The pendant was hanging by a thin gold chain.
- 那耳環是由一根細金鏈子吊著的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Then I try a very delicate butterfly pendant and bracelet that are so feather -light , I almost shoplift them by mistake.
- 于是我又試了一個精巧的蝴蝶結和手鐲，這兩樣東西簡直輕如羽毛，我幾乎順手牽羊將它們偷走。
來自辭典例句
- 4. It's a pendant lamp.
- 是吊燈.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語
- 5. So you don't know what the choker and star pendant necklaces mean?
- 原來你不知道那個星型墜子的短項鏈代表 什么 ?
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