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单词 pendent
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pend•ent /ˈpɛndənt/USA pronunciation   adj. Also, pendant.
  1. hanging or suspended.
  2. overhanging;
    jutting.
  3. (esp. of a lawsuit) undecided;
    pending.

n. 
  1. pendant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pend•ent  (pen′dənt),USA pronunciation adj. Also, pendant. 
  1. hanging or suspended:a pendent lamp.
  2. overhanging;
    jutting;
    projecting:pendent cliffs.
  3. undecided;
    undetermined;
    pending:a lawsuit that is still pendent.
  4. impending.

n. 
  1. pendant.
  • Latin pendēre; see pendant
  • Anglo-French (Old French pendant), present participle of pendre
  • Latin pendent- (stem of pendēns), present participle of pendēre to hang; replacing Middle English pendaunt
  • 1275–1325
pend′ent•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pendent /ˈpɛndənt/ adj
  1. dangling
  2. jutting
  3. (of a grammatical construction) incomplete: a pendent nominative is a construction having no verb
  4. a less common word for pending,
n
  1. a variant spelling of pendant
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French pendant, from pendre to hang; see pendant

ˈpendency n
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