英语词汇“pendulous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Walking a path with pendulous trees, the kind with hanging branches, is easier if you're five rather than seven feet tall.

Pendulous most commonly refers to branches of trees or bushes, or other plant matter like flowers or leaves that droop or bend downward. You could hide easily in the Amazon rain forest because of all the pendulous plant life. When not referring to plants, pendulous means "saggy" or "droopy."

WORD FAMILY

pendulous: pendulously

USAGE EXAMPLES

This cloud is large, low, dark and pendulous.

The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)

A huge pendulous mushroom plunges down from the ceiling, serving as both an acoustic reflector and a space-age chandelier.

The Guardian(Nov 04, 2016)

Even Havermeyer had lifted his head from his plate to gape at him with his heavy, pendulous jaw.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961)

adj having branches or flower heads that bend downward

the pendulous branches of a weeping willow

Syn

cernuous, drooping, nodding, weeping
unerect

not upright in position or posture

单词	pendulous
释义	pendulous (once / 9479 pages) adj Walking a path with pendulous trees, the kind with hanging branches, is easier if you're five rather than seven feet tall. Pendulous most commonly refers to branches of trees or bushes, or other plant matter like flowers or leaves that droop or bend downward. You could hide easily in the Amazon rain forest because of all the pendulous plant life. When not referring to plants, pendulous means "saggy" or "droopy." WORD FAMILY pendulous: pendulously USAGE EXAMPLES This cloud is large, low, dark and pendulous. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) A huge pendulous mushroom plunges down from the ceiling, serving as both an acoustic reflector and a space-age chandelier. The Guardian(Nov 04, 2016) Even Havermeyer had lifted his head from his plate to gape at him with his heavy, pendulous jaw. Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961) adj having branches or flower heads that bend downward the pendulous branches of a weeping willow Syn cernuous, drooping, nodding, weeping unerect not upright in position or posture
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