pivot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
    — The weight of the body and the traction and braking forces are taken by the conventional dished bogie centre pivot with phosphor-bronze liner; this type of centre pivot facilitates passage over marshalling yard humps.
  2. Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. broadly,figuratively
    — “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]”
  3. Act of turning on one foot.
  4. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
  5. A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
  6. An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
  7. A pivot table.
  8. Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
  9. An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
  10. A pivotal quantity.
  11. A quarterback. Canadian
  12. A circle runner.
  13. A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary. US
动词 v.
  1. To turn on an exact spot. intransitive
  2. To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.; To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market. slang
    — Mr. Shah’s new business has signed up 25 New York City hotels and raised $1.5 million from angel investors and $3 million from a seed round. Yet three months into his new project, he has had to pivot again, realizing that his best customers are large businesses, not individuals.
  3. To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.; To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary. US

词形变化

pivots plural pivots present,singular,third-person pivoting participle,present pivoted participle,past pivoted past

词汇关系

衍生词
emotional pivot pivot bridge pivot gearing pivot gun pivotless pivotlike pivot man pivot operation pivot pin pivot point pivot tooth pivotability pivotable pivotman repivot stivot unpivot
相关词
fulcrum pivotal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.
词源 2
From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.
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