单词 | pendant-like |
释义 | pendant-likeadj.adv. Resembling a pendant (in various senses). Also as adv.: in the manner of a pendant. ΚΠ a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 183 In Stars..by the Seraphs in Mosaick wrought, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, Wav'd pendent-like. 1885 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 1 108 There is one region where the chief and perhaps the sole use of a rude class of pendant-like objects seems to have been as sinkers. 1996 J. Davidson in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture i. 21 A rather difficult category to identify archaeologically is the aurei or cloak pin, a slender curved pendant-like object of bone or ivory, perforated at one end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1711 |
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