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单词 swivellike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
swiv•el /ˈswɪvəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. 
n. [countable]
  1. a fastening device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently.
  2. a pivoted support that allows something to turn around in a horizontal plane.

v. 
  1. to (cause to) turn around or pivot on or as if on a swivel: [+ object]He swiveled his chair around.[no object]He swiveled around to see what was behind him.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
swiv•el  (swivəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. 
n. 
  1. a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, esp. to turn in a full circle.
  2. such a device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently, as a compound link of a chain, one part of which turns freely in the other by means of a headed pin or the like.
  3. a pivoted support allowing a gun to turn around in a horizontal plane.
  4. a swivel gun.
  5. Textilesa device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, esp. dots.

v.t. 
  1. to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel:He swiveled his chair around.
  2. to fasten by a swivel;
    furnish with a swivel.

v.i. 
  1. to turn on or if as on a swivel.
  • 1275–1325; Middle English (noun, nominal), equivalent. to swiv- (weak stem of Old English swīfan to revolve; cognate with Old Norse svīfa to turn) + -el instrumental suffix
swivel•like′, adj. 

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