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- the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates（机械装置围绕其旋转或振荡的）中心点; 轴销; 心轴; 枢轴。
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- usu. in sing. a person or thing that plays a central part in an activity or organization（活动或组织中的）中心人物, 关键人物; 中心, 要点：
the pivot of community life was the chapel.
社区生活的中心是教堂。
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- the man or men about whom a body of troops wheels基准兵; 基准部队。
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- （亦作pivotman）chiefly N. Amer. a player in a central position in a team sport〈主北美〉中锋。
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- Basketball a movement in which the player holding the ball may move in any direction with one foot, while keeping the other (the pivot foot) in contact with the floor【篮球】持球转身策应。
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pivoted, pivoting
no obj. turn on or as if on a pivot绕…旋转, 以…为轴转动：the axles pivoted about the motors
车轴绕着电动机旋转
he swung round, pivoting on his heel.
他以脚后跟为轴转过身来。
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pivot on
figurative depend on〈喻〉取决于, 随…转移：the government's reaction pivoted on the response of the Prime Minister.
政府的反应取决于首相的答复。
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- with obj. provide (a mechanism) with a pivot; fix (a mechanism) on a pivot（为机械装置）提供枢轴; 固定在枢轴上：
as adj. pivoted a pivoted bracket.装有枢轴的托架。
派生词
pivotability
nounpivotable
adjective词源
late Middle English: from French， probably from the root of dialect pue 'tooth of a comb' and Spanish pu（y）a 'point'. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.