1610s, from French pivot, from Old French pivot "hinge pin, pivot" (12c.), also "penis," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "central point" is recorded from 1813.
pivot (v.)
by 1841, from French pivoter and from pivot (n). Related: Pivoted; pivoting.
实用例句
1. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
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.
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.
