swivel

英 ['sw?v(?)l] 美['sw?vl]
  • n. 轉(zhuǎn)環(huán)；轉(zhuǎn)椅座架
  • vt. 使旋轉(zhuǎn)
  • vi. 旋轉(zhuǎn)
TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?swivels;第三人稱單數(shù):?swivels;過去式:?swivelled;過去分詞:?swivelled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?swivelling;

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(zhuǎn)。

中文詞源

swivel 轉(zhuǎn)節(jié)，轉(zhuǎn)環(huán)，旋軸，旋轉(zhuǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)

來自古英語(yǔ) swifan,旋轉(zhuǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，來自 Proto-Germanic*swif,旋轉(zhuǎn)，來自 PIE*swei,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，搖 擺，詞源同 swing,sweep.-el,工具格后綴。

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(yǔ)例句

1. His chairs can swivel, but they can't move up or down.
他的椅子能旋轉(zhuǎn)，但是不能升降。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She returned to the swivel chair behind her desk.
她回到桌子后面的轉(zhuǎn)椅上.

來自《簡(jiǎn)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(zhuǎn)椅上，十指交叉枕在腦后。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Flora restored the heavy swivel chair to its upright position.
弗洛拉把那只笨重的轉(zhuǎn)椅扶起來.

來自辭典例句

5. The swivel had been oiled to perfection.
旋軸已經(jīng)上足了油.

來自辭典例句