pendant

• n. 下垂物，垂饰

来自拉丁语pendere,悬挂，来自PIE*spend,*spen,拉，伸，词源同span,pendulum.引申词义项链上的垂饰。

pendant (n.)

early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c. 1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE *(s)pend-, extended form of root *(s)pen- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].

1. My necklace has a heart pendant, but I don't wear it everyday.

我的项链有一个心形的垂饰, 但我并非每天都戴他.

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2. The pendant was hanging by a thin gold chain.

那耳环是由一根细金链子吊着的.

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3. Then I try a very delicate butterfly pendant and bracelet that are so feather -light , I almost shoplift them by mistake.

于是我又试了一个精巧的蝴蝶结和手镯，这两样东西简直轻如羽毛，我几乎顺手牵羊将它们偷走。

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4. It's a pendant lamp.

是吊灯.

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5. So you don't know what the choker and star pendant necklaces mean?

原来你不知道那个星型坠子的短项链代表 什么 ?

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