| 单词 | pivot |
| 释义 | pivot (once / 1510 pages) nv To pivot is to turn or rotate, like a hinge. Or a basketball player pivoting back and forth on one foot to protect the ball. When you're not talking about a type of swiveling movement, you can use pivot to mean the one central thing that something depends upon. The central pivot of your student government campaign, for example, might be longer recess time. Or your plans to go to the beach this weekend could pivot upon whether it rains, as the weather channel has predicted, or gets surprisingly sunny. WORD FAMILYpivot: pivotal, pivoted, pivoting, pivots, pivotting+/pivotal: pivotally USAGE EXAMPLESDayton asked of a pivot to the federal level. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) His sense of humor is disarming, as he pivots from comical to solemn in a split-second. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) John Pomfret: 45 years ago, Kissinger envisioned a ‘pivot’ to Russia. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns Syn|Hypo|Hyper pin fulcrum the pivot about which a lever turns pintlea pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge axis, axis of rotation the center around which something rotates 2n the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot Hyper rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis 3n the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver Syn|Hyper pivot man marcher, parader walks with regular or stately step 4v turn on a pivot Syn|Hypo|Hyper swivel pirouette do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
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