| 单词 | swivel |
| 释义 | swivel —swivellike, adj. /swiv"euhl/, n. , v. , swiveled, swiveling or (esp. Brit.) swivelled, swivelling. n. 1. a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, esp. to turn in a full circle. 2. such a device consisting of two parts, each of which turns around independently, as a compound link of a chain, one part of which turns freely in the other by means of a headed pin or the like. 3. a pivoted support allowing a gun to turn around in a horizontal plane. 4. a swivel gun. 5. a device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, esp. dots. v.t. 6. to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel: He swiveled his chair around. 7. to fasten by a swivel; furnish with a swivel. v.i. 8. to turn on or if as on a swivel. [1275-1325; ME (n.), equiv. to swiv- (weak s. of OE swifan to revolve; c. ON svifa to turn) + -el instrumental suffix] |
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