pivoted是什么意思？

pivoted

英['pɪvətɪd] 美['pɪvətɪd]

• adj. 转动的，回转的，装在枢轴上的；
• v. （似）在枢轴上转动( pivot的过去式和过去分词 )，把…放在枢轴上，以…为核心，围绕（主旨）展开；

例句

• His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling. 他一把把地拉着,两条老迈的腿儿和肩膀跟着转动.
• 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。
• He pivoted his whole body through ninety degrees. 他整个身体转过90度。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  中枢；枢纽；要点；中心点
  The pivot in a situation is the most important thing which everything else is based on or arranged around.
  例句
  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 something pivots, it balances or turns on a central point.
  例句
  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。 She pivots gracefully on the stage... 她在舞台上优雅地旋转。
• N-COUNT
  枢轴；支点
  A pivot is the pin or the central point on which something balances or turns.
  例句
  The pedal had sheared off at the pivot. 踏板在枢轴处断裂了。