pendulum

英 ['pendj?l?m] 美['p?nd??l?m]

TEM4IELTS考研CET6GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數:?pendulums;

pendulum 鐘擺

來自拉丁語pendulum,懸掛物，來自拉丁語pendere,懸掛，稱量，支付，來自PIE*spend,*spen,拉，伸，詞源同dependent,pension.

pendulum: pendulum: [17] A pendulum is etymologically simply something that ‘hangs’. It is a noun use of the neuter form of the Latin adjective pendulus ‘hanging’ (source of English pendulous [18]). This was a derivative of the verb pendēre ‘hang’, which has contributed a wide range of words to English, among them penchant [17], pendant [14], pendent [15], pending [17], and penthouse, and derived forms such as append [15], appendix [16], depend, impend [16], perpendicular [14], and suspend.
=> append, appendix, depend, impend, penchant, pendant, pendent, penthouse, perpendicular, suspend
pendulum (n.): 1660, from Modern Latin pendulum (1643), noun use of neuter of Latin adjective pendulus "hanging down," from pendere "to hang" (see pendant). The Modern Latin word is perhaps a Latinization of Italian pendolo.

1. In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods.: 教育界又恢復了傳統教學法。

3. Finally, GMTI performance of two typical systems, Cartwheel and Pendulum, is analyzed through computer simulation.: 最后, 對CartWheel和Pendulum兩種典型系統構形進行了GMTI性能仿真分析.

4. The pendulum has swung back and the American car companies have made dramatic advances in safety.: 三十年河東，三十年河西，美國汽車公司在安全方面已經取得了巨大進步。

5. The familiar pendulum swing was to happen once more, and then stop.: 常見的鐘擺來回現象,會再次發生, 然后就停止不動了.