pivot
英 ['p?v?t]
美['p?v?t]
- n. 樞軸；中心點；旋轉(zhuǎn)運動
- vt. 以…為中心旋轉(zhuǎn)；把…置于樞軸上
- vi. 在樞軸上轉(zhuǎn)動；隨…轉(zhuǎn)移
- adj. 樞軸的；關鍵的
- n. (Pivot)人名；(德)皮福特；(法)皮沃
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?pivots;第三人稱單數(shù):?pivots;過去式:?pivoted;過去分詞:?pivoted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pivoting;
中文詞源
pivot 中心，樞軸，核心
來自古法語pivot,絞鏈，門合頁。引申詞義中心，樞軸，核心等。
英文詞源
- pivot (n.)
- 1610s, from French pivot, from Old French pivot "hinge pin, pivot" (12c.), also "penis," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "central point" is recorded from 1813.
- pivot (v.)
- by 1841, from French pivoter and from pivot (n). Related: Pivoted; pivoting.
雙語例句
- 1. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
- 西非是可可豆貿(mào)易的中心。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Pivot , for instance , argues that China's infrastructure has already reached an advanced level.
- 例如,Pivot公司稱中國的基礎建設已經(jīng)達到了先進的水平.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. 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.
- 表上的時針在軸上滑動, 這樣, 雖然分鐘仍很準確, 但是點鐘就沒有人能完全肯定了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.
- 踏板在樞軸處斷裂了。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
- 整個展覽的重點是一大組水彩畫。
來自辭典例句