单词 | pivot |
释义 | pivot n. & v. --n   1. a short shaft or pin on which something turns or oscillates.   2. a crucial or essential person, point, etc., in a scheme or enterprise.   3. Mil. the man or men about whom a body of troops wheels. --v (pivoted, pivoting)   1. intr. turn on or as if on a pivot.   2. intr. (foll. by on, upon) hinge on; depend on.   3. tr. provide with or attach by a pivot. Derivatives pivotable adj. pivotability n. pivotal adj. Etymology: F, of uncert. orig. |
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