pivot: ความหมายและคำอธิบายความหมาย

A short rod or shaft on which a related part rotates or swings.

A person or thing on which something depends or turns; the central or crucial factor.

The act of turning on or as if on a pivot.

Basketball A position taken by an offensive player usually facing away from the basket near the foul line to relay passes, attempt a shot, or set screens.

Basketball The stationary foot around which the ball handler is allowed to pivot without dribbling.

To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.

To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn.

To turn on or as if on a pivot: "The plot . . . lacks direction, pivoting on Hamlet's incertitude” ( G. Wilson Knight).