| 释义 |
gim·bal
\ˈgimbəl, ˈji-\ noun
or gimbal ring
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of gemel
: a contrivance that permits a body to incline freely in any direction or suspends something (as a barometer or a ship's compass) so that it will remain level when its support is tipped and that consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first — usually used in plural |