| 单词 | swivel |
| 释义 | swivel (once / 4641 pages) vn A swivel is a device that allows something to turn freely. Desk chairs are often designed so the seat can swivel atop the base. In the hospital, the TV is usually mounted on a swivel so that patients can adjust it. Swivel comes from a middle English word, swive, meaning to sweep. It’s often used to describe gun mountings, like on a tank or a boat where a gun is fastened down but can still be swung around in any direction. But people can also swivel. If you were in the middle of robbing a bank and you heard a noise behind you, you’d probably swivel around quickly to see what it was. WORD FAMILYswivel: swiveled, swiveling, swivelled, swivelling, swivels USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Obama often reads through it in a leather swivel chair at his tablelike desk, under a portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant. New York Times(Jul 02, 2016) It’s still so puffy,’” said Jihan Thompson, a former magazine editor and a founder of the beauty booking app Swivel. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) The England captain swivelled and connected on the half-volley, but Hennessey reacted smartly enough to push the attempt round the post. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) 1v turn on a pivot Syn|Hypo|Hyper pivot pirouette do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 2n a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin Hyper coupler, coupling a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects |
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