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.
实用例句
1. In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods.
教育界又恢复了传统教学法。来自《权威词典》
2. The ball which hung the roof is compound pendulum.
悬挂在墙上的钟来回摆动.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Finally, GMTI performance of two typical systems, Cartwheel and Pendulum, is analyzed through computer simulation.
