pendent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛndənt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of pendant. alt-of,alternative
形容词 adj.
  1. Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
    — Now had they brought the work by wondrous Art / Pontifical, a ridge of pendent Rock / Over the vext Abyſs, […]
  2. Pending (in various senses).
  3. Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
  4. Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
    — Jandrell, Sa. three buckles, the tongues pendent ar. two and a one.
  5. Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
  6. Projecting over something; overhanging. obsolete

词形变化

more pendent comparative most pendent superlative pendents plural

词汇关系

衍生词
pendent jurisdiction pendently semipendent
相关词
pendentive

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.
词源 2
From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.
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