pivots

英 [ˈpɪvəts]

美 [ˈpɪvəts]

n.  支点; 枢轴; 中心点; 最重要的人(或事物); 中心; 核心
v.  (使)在枢轴上旋转(或转动)
pivot的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 中枢；枢纽；要点；中心点
  The pivotin a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around.
  1. Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
     整个展览的重点是一大组水彩画。
• VERB 在枢轴上转动
  If somethingpivots, it balances or turns on a central point.
  1. The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...
     小船原地掉过头来，直指海港入口。
  2. She pivots gracefully on the stage...
     她在舞台上优雅地旋转。
  3. He pivoted his whole body through ninety degrees.
     他整个身体转过90度。
• N-COUNT 枢轴；支点
  Apivotis the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns.
  1. The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.
     踏板在枢轴处断裂了。

双语例句

• Pull electric line off retaining pivots.
  从固定枢轴中拔出电线。
• She pivots gracefully on the stage
  她在舞台上优雅地旋转。
• The Empire pivots on Singapore.
  大英帝国是以新加坡为枢轴的。
• The story pivots on the relationship between the two brothers.
  这个故事主要是讲兄弟俩之间的关系。
• The success of the project pivots on investment from abroad.
  这个工程的成功主要依靠外来投资。
• A positive life pivots on modesty; the bigger the ego, the greater the insecurity.
  积极人生，谦虚满分；自我愈大，不安愈多。
• The novel pivots around a long conversation between two characters.
  这部小说是以两个人物的对话为中心展开的。
• Not surprisingly, the while loop also requires a set of mutable local variables, in this case named a and b, in which to store the current pivots.
  毫不令人奇怪的是，while循环也需要一组可变本地变量，在这里，这些变量被命名为a和b，其中存储的是当前支点。
• The pivots are located just above the center of the disc, and offset from the plane of the body seat.
  枢轴就位于阀瓣中心上，偏离阀体阀座平面。
• The switch arm pivots on a length of steel wire.
  开关杆以一段金属丝当作旋转的支点。