pivot

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Related topics: Mechanical, Physics

piv·ot1 /ˈpɪvət/ noun [countableC]

1. TEMa central point or pin on which something balances or turns 枢，枢轴，支点，支轴

2 IMPORTANT[usually singular] (also pivot point) the most important thing in a situation, system etc, which other things depend on or are based on 核心，中心

the pivot on/around which something turns/revolves

Iago’s lie is the pivot on which the play turns.

剧情围绕着雅各的谎言展开。

pivot of

West Africa was the pivot of the chocolate trade.

西非是巧克力贸易的中心。

Examples from the Corpus

pivot• New designs with foot pivots allow snow hikers to tackle almost any hill or valley.• The tableau is no longer primal feasible and one further pivot as shown. is required to achieve an optimal tableau in which.• He was a great pivot man and developed a very good outside shot.• Any friction at the hammer pivot will slow down the movement of the hammer, tending to make the action sluggish.• Classification as a linking device or pivot.• It was at the pivot of the secondary system - the process of selection - that innovation apparently took place.• Nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them became the pivot around which much of the Cold War revolved.• Secondly, the bounds provided by penalties can be used to prune the tree and avoid unnecessary pivots.

pivot2 verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TURN to turn or balance on a central point, or to make something do this （使）在枢轴上转动[平衡]

pivot on

The table-top pivots on two metal pins.

那个桌面以两个金属钉为枢轴旋转。

2 [intransitiveI] to turn quickly on your feet so that you face in the opposite direction 〔以脚为支点〕转身

Magee pivoted and threw the ball to first base.

马吉转身把球投到了一垒。

3 pivot on/around something phrasal verbphr v DEPEND/IT DEPENDSto depend on or be based on one important thing, event, or idea 依靠，依赖；以…为中心

His argument will pivot on the growing cost of legal fees.

他的论点将以律师费用上涨为中心展开。

Examples from the Corpus

pivot on/around • She pivoted on her hands so that she was facing the other direction.• And our outlook on life from now until we join the feathered choir pivots on the answer.• I stared up into the tree, watching the white bottoms of his sneakers pivot on the branch he stood on.• Since 1973, Coutts' support of Virgin had been pivoted on the cashflow generated by Tubular Bells.• The entire body of the dinosaur would have been pivoted around the hip girdle.• Health is the pivot around which an absolute concept of poverty revolves.• Nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them became the pivot around which much of the Cold War revolved.• Their false show, like that of Iago, is the pivot on which the whole action turns.

Examples from the Corpus

pivot• But at some point history pivoted.• They turn counter-clockwise by crossing one foot over another and pivoting, again and again.• She pivots again, and in two long strides she is down at the far end of the bench watching the play.• Instead, she pivots, dribbles and lunges toward the basket again.• The tableau is no longer optimal, so we must pivot in the x 1 -column to restore dual feasibility.• She pivoted on her hands so that she was facing the other direction.• The board will pivot round the skeg.• The security cameras can automatically pivot to monitor the entire hallway.

Origin pivot1

(1600-1700) French

piv·ot1 nounpivot2 verb

Chinese

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