pendulate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈpɛn.d͡ʒəl.eɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To swing like a pendulum.
    — There is an old trick of suspending a shilling by a thread, and causing it to pendulate within a glass , so as to strike its sides , the thread being held between the finger and thumb .
  2. To vacillate between states, especially states of arousal and of relaxation.
    — What's important to realize is that you can pendulate—swing back and forth—between these sensations of expansion and contraction.
形容词 adj.
  1. pendulous.
    — Here the rachis is bent at the point of its origin, and thereby it produces pendulate inflorescence.

词形变化

pendulates present,singular,third-person pendulating participle,present pendulated participle,past pendulated past more pendulate comparative most pendulate superlative
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