fulcrum
支点
definition
noun
By rotating the dial, the pivot point or the fulcrum of the brake lever moves in and out.
the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots.
example
Here the discovery of a sexual relationship between the beguiling pottery teacher and a loutish lad becomes the 'fulcrum' of staff-room power: it seems all too alarmingly possible.
He was never still, always had the ball, zoomed around larger players, never lost his temper, grinned a small grin, was never the star but always the 'fulcrum' and agent of control and change.
When tetrapods bite an object, their jaws are loaded somewhat as beams with the jaw joint acting as a 'fulcrum' .
Mason always has been a great team player, as long as he was the 'fulcrum' in its offense or played a major role.
On a hard surface, the base of the scales bowed slightly, shortening the distance between the 'fulcrum' of the levers and the point at which they put pressure on the spring.
Will this be the 'fulcrum' on which control of the Senate turns?
At the anterior edge of the 'fulcrum' of the pleura is a small articulating process which fit into a socket in the preceding pleura or the margin of the fixed cheek.
But when you pare away the sentimentality, when you realise that sumptuous as the scenery is it does not pay the mortgage, you appreciate that farming is the 'fulcrum' of rural life, the pivot that makes everything else possible.
And Archimedes proved from his axioms on the lever that two unequal weights balance at distances from the 'fulcrum' that are inversely proportional to their weights.
By rotating the dial, the pivot point or the 'fulcrum' of the brake lever moves in and out.
she was the 'fulcrum' of family life
The odd-looking wood ball acts as a 'fulcrum' , transforming even a short handle into a powerful lever.
Barrett was the 'fulcrum' on which the game levered Tinryland's way in the first half.
research is the 'fulcrum' of the academic community
For this mechanism to have worked, the 'fulcrum' , or point of rotation, of the gastralia would have been located dorsal to the ventral end of the pubes.
You get higher leverage with the cable attached closer to the to the pivot, as you would expect when moving the person you are trying to lift toward the 'fulcrum' of a teeter totter.
The event that forms Ararat's 'fulcrum' is the 1915 attempted genocide of the Armenian people by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
A steel column marking the original exterior wall is the 'fulcrum' for the kitchen's L-shaped layout.
The action of adduction along the frontal plane of the body will cause the arm to be moved in a curvilinear arc (the arm being a lever system with the 'fulcrum' at the shoulder end).
the hall serves as a 'fulcrum' for community activities
tourism was the 'fulcrum' for economic growth
The shoulder joint serves as the 'fulcrum' for a third class lever system designed for mobility and speed of movement, not for strength.
Indeed, it is not too far to say that we are in the midst of a major transition in which China becomes the 'fulcrum' on which future global growth will pivot.
It might be the 'fulcrum' around which the future of baseball will pivot.
If pre-emption replaces deterrence as the 'fulcrum' of global engineering, then the boundary blurs between the forces of civilisation and terror.
The airy Atrium café is an ingenious use of ‘yard space’ and has become a 'fulcrum' around which the centre rotates, serving affordable gourmet food cooked on the premises, prepared by top chefs.
Rediscovered and revitalized, the central space is the 'fulcrum' of the scheme, its character changing with the various levels.
When they attacked, Parks was invariably the 'fulcrum' , prompting and probing with his educated boot and exposing the Ospreys' frailty in midfield.
Maybe I'm ignorant to the ways of the marketing world, but I can't imagine Winnie the Pooh being the 'fulcrum' which tips scales in the favor of purchasing a cereal.
There's a counterweight to create and a 'fulcrum' to position to solve it.
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