Pivot
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n. 枢轴;中心点，中枢;[物]支点，支枢;[体]回转运动;
vi. 在枢轴上转动;随…转移;
vt. 把…放在枢轴上;以…为核心;使绕枢轴旋转;由…而定;
adj. 枢轴的;关键的;
📝 例句
To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.
给…装枢轴装上或放置或提供一根或多根枢轴
The magnetic field of the earth creates a torque around the pivot.
地球的磁场在支点周围产生一个转矩。
The mother is often the pivot of family life.
母亲往往是家庭生活的中心人物。
Their daughter was the pivot of their lives.
女儿是他们生活的中心。
This meter has two buckets fastered together and mounted over a pivot.
这种流量计有两个称杯，它们是连接在一起并装在中心轴上的。
🌱 联想助记
【记】谐音“培倭特”:虽说他只是个老师,但关键问题是他培养过倭寇的特工人员
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
pivot
n
1 central point, pin or shaft on which sth turns 中心点; 支点; 枢; 枢轴.
2 (fig 比喻) central or most important person or thing 中心的或最重要的人或事物
Because her job had been the pivot of her life, retirement was very difficult. 因为她的工作一向是她生命的支柱, 所以退休後的日子很不好过.
That is the pivot of the whole argument. 这是整个论据的关键. =>illus at scale 见scale插图. pivot, v
1
(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) turn (as) on a pivot （似）在枢轴上转动
The doll pivots at the waist and neck. 那洋娃娃的腰和颈可以转动.
She pivoted on her heels and swept out. 她一转身, 匆匆走了出去.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
provide (sth) with a pivot; mount on a pivot 给（某物）安枢轴; 装於枢轴上.
2 (phr v) pivot on sth(no passive 不用於被动语态) (of an argument, etc) dependon sth central or essential; hinge on sth （指论证等）取决於某中心或要点, 随某事物而转移
The whole discussion pivots on this one point. 整个讨论内容均以此点为准.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pivәt]n. 枢轴, 支点, 旋转运动, 中枢, 关键人物a. 枢轴的, (如)在枢轴上转动的vi. 在枢轴上转动, 随着转移vt. 装枢轴于, 以...为中心旋转【计】 程序员交互验证和编制工具, 数据透视表【化】 枢轴【医】 柱, 桩(牙)
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「核心」词汇
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I ate something bad, and now I've got the runs.
我吃了些变质的东西，所以现在拉肚子。
No pleasure without alloy (or pain or repentance).
乐中有悲。
'He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on sea.
但他只在海峡上空飞行7英里，引擎就发生了故障，他只好降落在海面上。