pend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɛnd/    美 /pɛnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. Scotland
  2. oil cake India,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To hang down; to cause something to hang down obsolete
  2. To pen; to confine. obsolete,transitive
    — soche frowarde creatures as many women are, ought rather to be pended vp in a cage of iron
  3. To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). transitive
    — The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
  4. To arch over (something); to vault. Scotland,obsolete
  5. To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on. obsolete
    — pending upon certain powerful motives

词形变化

pends present,singular,third-person pending participle,present pended participle,past pended past pends plural pends present,singular,third-person pending participle,present pended participle,past pended past pends present,singular,third-person pending participle,present pended participle,past pended past

词汇关系

相关词
append independence pinder pinner

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
词源 2
Compare pen (“to shut in”).
词源 3
Back-formation from pending.
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