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pendulum

美音:[´pendʒələm ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´pendʒələm ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.钟摆,摇锤

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pendulum为六级词汇

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pend,pens=to hang(悬挂),to weigh(衡量)

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pendulum


/'pendjʊləm; [US] -dʒʊləm; `pɛndʒələm/
n
1 weight hung on a cord from a fixed point so that it can swing freely 摆; 摆锤.
2 rod with a weight at the bottom that regulates the mechanism of a clock 钟摆. =>illus 见插图.
3 (idm 习语) the swing of the pendulum => swing2.

pendulum


n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Modern Latin;Origin:Latin pendulus; PENDULOUS]
a long metal stick with a weight at the bottom that swings regularly from side to side to control the working of a clock
the pendulum
used to talk about the tendency of ideas, beliefs etc to change regularly to the opposite
 After several years of Republican government, the pendulum will undoubtedly swing back and voters will elect a Democrat.
the pendulum of
 the pendulum of fashion
1. Asked how he succeeded, the student explained he had just come from a physics class on pendulum motion. What he had learned in one context transferred to a completely different one.
    当被问到是如何取得成功时,大学生解释道,他刚刚上完一堂有关摆动的物理课。他是把课堂上学到的知识应用到了一个完全不同的地方。

2. One college student tied the pliers to one string and set it in motion like a pendulum.
    一位大学生把钳子系到一根绳子上,然后让它像钟摆那样摆动起来。

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