pendulous 音标拼音: [p'ɛndʒələs]
a . 下垂的,摇摆的,摇摆不定的
下垂的,摇摆的,摇摆不定的
pendulous adj 1 :
having branches or flower heads that bend downward ;
"
nodding daffodils "; "
the pendulous branches of a weeping willow "; "
lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers " [
synonym : {
cernuous }, {
drooping }, {
nodding },
{
pendulous }, {
weeping }]
Pendulous \
Pen "
du *
lous \,
a . [
L .
pendulus ,
fr .
pendere to hang .
Cf . {
Pendant },
and cf . {
Pendulum }.]
1 .
Depending ;
pendent loosely ;
hanging ;
swinging . --
Shak .
"
The pendulous round earth ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Wavering ;
unstable ;
doubtful . [
R .] "
A pendulous state of mind ." --
Atterbury .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Bot .)
Inclined or hanging downwards ,
as a flower on a recurved stalk ,
or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary .
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1913 Webster ]
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pendulous ":
cascading ,
dangling ,
dependent ,
depending ,
drooping ,
falling ,
falling loosely ,
faltering ,
flowing ,
fluctuant ,
fluctuating ,
fluctuational ,
hanging ,
harmonic ,
hesitating ,
hung ,
libratory ,
nutational ,
oscillating ,
oscillatory ,
pendent ,
pending ,
pendulant ,
pendular ,
penduline ,
pensile ,
periodic ,
resonant ,
sagging ,
shilly -
shally ,
shilly -
shallying ,
suspended ,
swaying ,
swinging ,
tentative ,
undulating ,
undulatory ,
vacillating ,
vacillatory ,
vibratile ,
vibrating ,
vibratory ,
wavering ,
waving ,
weeping ,
wobbly
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