pen·du·lous /-ləs/
(a.)下垂的,搖擺的,搖擺不定的
pen·du·lous /-ləs/ 形容詞
懸垂的,下垂的
Pen·du·lous a.
1. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. --Shak. “The pendulous round earth.” --Milton.
2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] “A pendulous state of mind.”
3. Bot. Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
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pendulous
adj : having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding
daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping
willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant
flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding]