坠 Ⅰ动词1.(往下垂; 吊在下面; 因分量重而下垂) weigh down 心里像坠上了一块石头 weigh heavily on one's mind like a stone; 苹果把树枝坠得弯弯的。 the branches were bending down with the weight of the apples.; the apples weighed the branches down.2.[书面语] (落) fall; drop 坠楼 fall down from the top floor; 坠马 fall off a horse; 坠胎 have a miscarriage or an abortion; 坠入深渊 drop into abyss; 飞机坠入海中。 the plane crashed into the sea.Ⅱ名词(吊在下面的东西) a hanging object; a pendent; weight 扇坠 pendent of a fan; 耳坠 eardrop; 铅坠 plummet
Some of the excrescences of modern civilization, such as mormonism, are seen to be relics of the old savagism not yet eradicated from the human brain . 近代文明中的某些赘疣,如摩门教之类,不过是古老的蒙昧文化留在人们的脑海中尚未被清除的残余而已。