pendant

• n. 下垂物，垂飾

來自拉丁語pendere,懸掛，來自PIE*spend,*spen,拉，伸，詞源同span,pendulum.引申詞義項鏈上的垂飾。

pendant (n.)

early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c. 1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE *(s)pend-, extended form of root *(s)pen- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].

1. My necklace has a heart pendant, but I don't wear it everyday.

我的項鏈有一個心形的垂飾, 但我並非每天都戴他.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The pendant was hanging by a thin gold chain.

那耳環是由一根細金鏈子吊著的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Then I try a very delicate butterfly pendant and bracelet that are so feather -light , I almost shoplift them by mistake.

於是我又試了一個精巧的蝴蝶結和手鐲，這兩樣東西簡直輕如羽毛，我幾乎順手牽羊將它們偷走。

來自辭典例句

4. It's a pendant lamp.

是吊燈.

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語

5. So you don't know what the choker and star pendant necklaces mean?

原來你不知道那個星型墜子的短項鏈代表 什麽 ?

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