| 单词 | pendulum swing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspendulum swing pendulum swing n. a swinging movement like that of a pendulum; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swinging or oscillation of suspended body > a single movement of vibration1667 swing-swanga1703 pendulum swing1876 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. viii. 143 You start, in fear of Toryism, on an errand of Radicalism, and in fear of Radicalism to Toryism you draw back. There is your pendulum-swing! 1926 Amer. Speech 1 632/2 Pendulum swing, applied to a type of putting stroke. 1968 J. Winearls Mod. Dance (ed. 2) ii. 57 The principle of the outside fall and pick up of a Pendulum Swing can be used in isolated leg and trunk movements. 1989 I. Stewart Does God play Dice? 1 The ‘pendulum swing’ of cultural changes does not simply repeat the same events over and over again. < as lemmas |
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