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]