gimbal
/ˈdʒɪmbəl/noun
(常作gimbals)
- a contrivance, typically consisting of rings pivoted at right angles, for keeping an instrument such as a compass or chronometer horizontal in a moving vessel or aircraft.（在航行的船只或飞机上使罗盘等仪器保持水平位置的）常平架, 平衡环。
派生词
gimballed
adjective词源
late 16th cent. (used in the plural denoting connecting parts in machinery)： variant of earlier gimmal, itself a variant of late Middle English gemel 'twin, hinge, finger ring which can be divided into two rings', from Old French gemel 'twin', from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus.