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单词 fulcrum
释义 fulcrum
 /fool"kreuhm, ful"-/,  n.  ,  pl.   fulcrums, fulcra /-kreuh/,  v.  
  n.  
  1. the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
  2. any prop or support.
  3.  Zool.   any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support.
  v.t.  
  4. to fit with a fulcrum; put a fulcrum on.
 [1665-75; < L: back-support of a couch, appar. for fulctrum, equiv. to fulc(ire) to hold up, support + -trum n. suffix of instrument]
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