2012年5月4日 星期五

20_05_04 Fulcrum n. a hinge or support 支持,或休息点

Word of the Day for Friday, May  4, 2012
fulcrum \FOOL-kruhm\, noun:
1. The support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns.
2. Any prop or support.
3. Zoology. Any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support.
verb:
1. To fit with a fulcrum; put a fulcrum on.
An equal partnership is like a see-saw that sits on a fulcrum. There is a balance of power when one partner gives in and then the other does likewise.
 -- Shirley Gunstream Poland, Hearing the Silent Cries
A storm of plans, each one trying to make me into a fulcrum.
 -- Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice
Fulcrum originally referred to a bed post from the Latin word fulcire meaning "to prop up."
支点\傻瓜kruhm\,名词

1。支持,休息杠杆打开
2。任何道具支持
3。动物任何动物作为一个铰链支持各种结构

动词:
1。为了适应一个支点,把一个支点

一个平等的伙伴关系就像是一见看到坐在一个支点有一种力量的平衡一个合作伙伴,然后其他也照样
- 雪莉Gunstream波兰,听无声呼喊

风暴计划,每一个试图使之成为一个支点
- 史蒂文·埃里克森记忆

最初支点转介拉丁词fulcire意义撑起

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