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.
雙語例句
1. In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods.
教育界又恢複了傳統教學法。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The ball which hung the roof is compound pendulum.
懸掛在牆上的鍾來回擺動.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Finally, GMTI performance of two typical systems, Cartwheel and Pendulum, is analyzed through computer simulation.
最後, 對CartWheel和Pendulum兩種典型係統構形進行了GMTI性能仿真分析.
來自互聯網
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麵已經取得了巨大進步。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The familiar pendulum swing was to happen once more, and then stop.