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.
例文
1. West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
西アフリカはカカオ貿易の中心である。
2. Pivot ,for instance,argues that China 's infrastructure has already reached an advanced level.
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.
表の時計の針が軸の上を滑るように、分は正確だが、時計を完全に肯定する人はいない。
4.The pedal had sheared off at the pivot .
ペダルがピボット軸で破断した。
5.Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.