pivots

英['pɪvət] 美['pɪvət]
  • n.枢;中心;旋转adj.在枢轴上转动的;关键的vt.装枢轴于;以...为中心vi.在枢轴上转动
pivotable pivoted pivoted pivoting pivots
  • PIV n.峰值反向电压(PIV型无级变速装置)
  • Piva 皮瓦
  • Pivac 皮瓦茨
  • pivacillin 吡呋氨苄青霉素,匹氨青霉素
  • Pivadorm 溴米那,布洛米那,溴异戊酰脲,溴母拿[镇静催眠药]
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

  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

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. A grasping device consisting of two arms joined at one end by a pivot or hingelike scissors.
      钳,火钳一种用来抓取的工具,由通过枢轴或枢状剪结合于一端的两臂组成
    2. Their daughter was the pivot of their lives.
      女儿是他们生活的中心。
    3. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
      西非是可可豆贸易的中心。
    4. 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,所以退休后日子很不好过。
    5. Place a pivot pin into the pivot point.
      把大头针扎在旋转点上。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The technicians mounted the arms onto the pivot shafts.
      技工将雨刷臂安装在枢轴上。
    2. That is the pivot of the whole argument.
      这是整个论据的关键。
    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. The whole discussion pivots on this one point.
      整个讨论内容均以此为中心。
    用作不及物动词 (vi.)
    1. The technicians mounted the arms onto the pivot shafts.
      技工将雨刷臂安装在枢轴上。