记忆方法
1. swoop => sweep => PIE root *swei- "swing, bend, turn, move in a sweeping manner" => swivel.
2. frequentative form of sweep.
3. 谐音“四围涡”---四围都是漩涡在旋转。
2. frequentative form of sweep.
3. 谐音“四围涡”---四围都是漩涡在旋转。
中文词源
swivel 转节，转环，旋轴，旋转，转动
来自古英语 swifan,旋转，转动，来自 Proto-Germanic*swif,旋转，来自 PIE*swei,弯，转，摇 摆，词源同 swing,sweep.-el,工具格后缀。
英语词源
- swivel
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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.
权威例句
- 1. His chairs can swivel, but they can't move up or down.
- 他的椅子能旋转，但是不能升降。
- 2. She returned to the swivel chair behind her desk.
- 她回到桌子后面的转椅上.
- 3. He leaned back in the swivel chair and locked his fingers behind his head.
- 他仰靠在转椅上，十指交叉枕在脑后。
- 4. Flora restored the heavy swivel chair to its upright position.
- 弗洛拉把那只笨重的转椅扶起来.
- 5. The swivel had been oiled to perfection.
- 旋轴已经上足了油.
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