n.枢轴; 中心点，中枢; [物]支点，支枢; [体]回转运动
vi.在枢轴上转动; 随…转移
vt.把…放在枢轴上; 以…为核心; 使绕枢轴旋转; 由…而定

pivot中心，枢轴，核心
来自古法语pivot,绞链，门合页。引申词义中心，枢轴，核心等。

pivot element → 主元；基准元素；主件；枢轴元素
Center Pivot → 置中枢轴点；中心支轴；中心化枢轴点；中心点
Pivot Table → 数据透视表；枢纽分析表；透视表；枢纽表
Pivot Point → 轴心点；支点；枢轴点坐标
pivot bearing → 枢轴承；摆动支座；轴支承；立式止推轴承
Reverse Pivot → 左轴转；左轴心转；反轴转
Ball pivot → 钢球支枢；球面枢轴；球头螺钉
pivot to Asia → 重返亚洲；转向亚洲；轴心转向亚洲
pivot pin → 中心承枢；心轴销

1. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
[汉]西非是可可豆贸易的中心。
——来自《权威词典》
2. Pivot , for instance , argues that China's infrastructure has already reached an advanced level.
[汉]例如,Pivot公司称中国的基础建设已经达到了先进的水平.
——来自互联网
3. The smaller of its hands occasionally slipped round on the pivot, and thus, though the minutes were told with precision, nobody could be quite certain of the hour they belonged to.
[汉]表上的时针在轴上滑动, 这样, 虽然分钟仍很准确, 但是点钟就没有人能完全肯定了.
——来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The pedal had sheared off at the pivot.
[汉]踏板在枢轴处断裂了。
——来自辞典例句
5. Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
[汉]整个展览的重点是一大组水彩画。
——来自辞典例句

【Noun】

1. the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
2. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
3. the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot;
"the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
【Verb】

1. turn on a pivot