swivel
英 ['swɪv(ə)l]
美 ['swɪvl]
- n. 轉環；轉椅座架
- vt. 使旋轉
- vi. 旋轉
助記提示
1. swoop => sweep => PIE root *swei- "swing, bend, turn, move in a sweeping manner" => swivel.
2. frequentative form of sweep.
3. 諧音“四圍渦”---四圍都是漩渦在旋轉。
中文詞源
swivel 轉節，轉環，旋軸，旋轉，轉動來自古英語 swifan,旋轉，轉動，來自 Proto-Germanic*swif,旋轉，來自 PIE*swei,彎，轉，搖 擺，詞源同 swing,sweep.-el,工具格後綴。
英文詞源
- swivel
- swivel: see swift
- swivel (n.)
- c. 1300, "coupling device that allows independent rotation," from frequentative form of stem of Old English verb swifan "to move in a course, revolve, sweep" (a class I strong verb), from Proto-Germanic *swif- (cognates: Old Frisian swiva "to be uncertain," Old Norse svifa "to rove, ramble, drift"), from PIE root *swei- (2) "to turn, bend, move in a sweeping manner."
Related Middle English swive was the principal slang verb for "to have sexual intercourse with," a sense that developed c. 1300. This probably explains why, though the root is verbal, the verb swivel is not attested in Modern English until 1794. Compare Middle English phrase smal-swivinge men "men who copulate infrequently." - swivel (v.)
- 1794 (transitive), from swivel (n.). Intransitive use from 1846. Related: Swiveled; swiveling; swivelled; swivelling.
雙語例句
- 1. His chairs can swivel, but they can't move up or down.
- 他的椅子能旋轉，但是不能升降。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She returned to the swivel chair behind her desk.
- 她回到桌子後麵的轉椅上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He leaned back in the swivel chair and locked his fingers behind his head.
- 他仰靠在轉椅上，十指交叉枕在腦後。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Flora restored the heavy swivel chair to its upright position.
- 弗洛拉把那隻笨重的轉椅扶起來.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The swivel had been oiled to perfection.
- 旋軸已經上足了油.
來自辭典例句