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PIVOT
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abbr.

  • 易混淆的单词：pivot  

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  • 英英释义

  • 词典例句

1. N-COUNT 中枢；枢纽；要点；中心点 The pivot in a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around. 

  • Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.

    整个展览的重点是一大组水彩画。

2. VERB 在枢轴上转动 If something pivots, it balances or turns on a central point. 

  • The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...

    小船原地掉过头来，直指海港入口。

  • She pivots gracefully on the stage...

    她在舞台上优雅地旋转。

  • He pivoted his whole body through ninety degrees.

    他整个身体转过90度。

3. N-COUNT 枢轴；支点 A pivot is the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns. 

  • The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.

    踏板在枢轴处断裂了。

相关词组：
pivot on 
Noun

1. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

2. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

  • synonym： pin

3. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot;

  • "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
Verb

1. turn on a pivot

1. The smaller of its hands occasionally slipped round on the pivot,and thus,though the minutes were told with precision,nobody could be quite certain of the hour they belonged to.
表上的时针在轴上滑动，这样，虽然分钟仍很准确，但是点钟就没有人能完全肯定了。

来自《简明英汉词典》