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Pendant Ornament Hangs Word Chain Ceiling 英 Pendənt] 美

英语单词 pendant
英美音标 英 ['pendənt] 美 ['pendənt]
中文释义 n.垂饰;悬挂物
adj.下垂的;悬而未决的(=pendent)
英语例句 (1) It looked so grand that when Rube asked me again if she could try my jewels on just for a minute, I offered her the pendant.
中文例句 (1) 这儿太气派了,以至于鲁布再次求我能不能让她只戴一分钟我的首饰时,我把有垂饰的项链给了她。
vocabulary简明 If you’re wearing a necklace with a large gold heart on a delicate chain, then you have a pendant, an ornament that hangs on a chain.
vocabulary扩展 The word pendant traces back to the Latin word, pendere, meaning "to hang," which tips you off that pendant is a word describing something that hangs, like an ornament that hangs on a chain or a type of light that hangs from the ceiling. As an adjective, pendant means "held from above," like the pendant rock formations that hang from the cave's ceiling.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](项链上的)吊坠,挂件,坠饰 A pendant is an ornament on a chain that you wear round your neck.

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