pendulum
pendulum 英 [ˈpendjələm] 美 [ˈpendʒələm]
n. 钟摆；摇锤
名词复数:pendulums
- A pendulum is something hanging and swinging freely from a fixed point. A grandfather clock might use for timekeeping a pendulum that swings back and forth.
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- n. 钟摆；摇锤
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1. the pendulum of public opinion
舆论的转变
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2. In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods.
教育界又恢复了传统教学法。
- pendulum (n.) 1660, from Modern Latin pendulum (1643), noun use of neuter of Latin adjective pendulus "hanging down," from pendere "to hang, cause to hang" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin"). The Modern Latin word is perhaps a Latinization of Italian pendolo.
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