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单词 pivoters
释义

pivot /pivˈət/

noun
  1. A pin or shaft on which anything turns
  2. A soldier upon whom, or position on which, a body wheels
  3. A centrally placed player who passes the ball to others (sport)
  4. A person or thing on whom or which anything depends or turns
  5. The action of turning the body using one foot as a pivot
adjective
  1. Of the nature of a pivot
  2. Cardinal
  3. Serving as a pivot
transitive verb

To mount on a pivot

intransitive verb

To turn on or as if on a pivot

ORIGIN: Fr pivot, perh related to Ital piva pipe, peg, pin

pivˈotal adjective

  1. Of, containing, or acting like a pivot
  2. Crucially important

pivˈotally adverb

pivˈoted adjective

pivˈoter noun

  1. Someone who makes and fits pivots
  2. A person who pivots

pivˈoting noun

The pivot-work in machines

pivot bridge noun

A swing bridge moving on a vertical pivot in the middle

pivˈot-man noun

  1. A man on whom a body of soldiers turns
  2. A man of cardinal importance in industry, etc

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