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swivel

/swiv-uhl/US // ˈswɪv əl //UK // (ˈswɪvəl) //

旋转式,转动,旋转,转移

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
    • : 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.
    • : a pivoted support allowing a gun to turn around in a horizontal plane.
    • : a swivel gun.
    • : a device attached to a loom and used as a shuttle to weave extra threads in the production of small figures, especially dots.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    swiv·eled, swiv·el·ing or swiv·elled, swiv·el·ling.

    • : to turn or pivot on or as if on a swivel: He swiveled his chair around.
    • : to fasten by a swivel; furnish with a swivel.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    swiv·eled, swiv·el·ing or swiv·elled, swiv·el·ling.

    • : to turn on or if as on a swivel.

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Examples

  • It is designed with a non-slip handle, an easy “open” button for the lid, and a 360-degree swivel base that will assist your pour.

  • It comes in a huge variety of colors and has a lockable 36-inch swivel cord that’s designed for ease of movement in your busy food workspace.

  • The magnet on your phone then attaches to the magnetic swivel plate, and you’re done.

  • On top of the base is a small plastic swivel plate with a magnet.

  • Once the base is attached, you adjust the swivel plate to face the direction you want, then you mount a second, superthin magnet to the back of your phone or phone case.

  • How refreshing it was to see England players swivel and dribble and sell dummies.

  • He sat before a wall full of badges, in a big swivel chair, his bovine features set in mistrustful concentration.

  • Swivel Store Spice Rack  Okay, so this is an As Seen On Television product.

  • He sits, leans back in his swivel chair and begins to discuss his SATC character, Aleksandr Petrovsky.

  • Ward sat back in his swivel chair, hooked his thumbs into the arm holes of his vest and beamed.

  • One of the swivel guns was fired, and then came a whole broadside, sending its balls hurtling over the crowded deck of the sloop.

  • Also Crozier's evidence was expected to be sensational, and to prove the swivel on which the fate of the accused man would hang.

  • They were of elm, with lignum vit roller sheaves, and were bound inside with iron, and had swivel eyes.

  • She dropped her check book into a drawer and swung round in her swivel chair until she faced him.