pensile
/pen-sahyl, -sil/US // ˈpɛn saɪl, -sɪl //UK // (ˈpɛnsaɪl) //
无柄,无柄的,无裂缝,无裂纹
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- : building a hanging nest.
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Examples
Their nests, which are semi-pensile, are often placed in giant yucca trees, or in vines that are suspended from cacti.
Their nests are semi-pensile and usually placed in mesquite trees not more than ten or fifteen feet from the ground.
That long black wasp, commonly called a Jack Spaniard, builds pensile paper nests under every roof and shed.
The Philippine and Pensile Grosbeak make also very curious nests.
Four or five weeping-willows, their stems leaning towards the grave, hang their pensile branches over it.
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