swivel
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++swiv·el1 /ˈswɪvəl/ (also swivel around/round) verb (swivelled, swivelling British English, swiveled, swiveling American English) [intransitive, transitive]TURN to turn around quickly and face a different direction, or to make something do this （使）旋转，（使）转动 → spin Anna swivelled round to face him. 安娜转过身来面对着他。 She swivelled her head round to watch what was happening. 她转过头来察看发生了什么事。 Danny swiveled his chair away from me. 丹尼把椅子从我身边转开了。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
swivel• Kovitsky swiveled around to look at her.• These cover a wide field of view without having to swivel as human eyes do.• These swivel freely and act as weathervanes.• As Agnes looked down Granny's eyes sprang open and swivelled from side to side.• Ralph swivelled in his chair and looked directly at Meg.• His eyes seemed to be trying to imitate a lizard and swivel in opposite directions.• When there was nowhere to go in that infernally small space, one could always swivel in the other direction.• The satellite has difficulty swiveling its antenna toward Earth.• Mr Tench swivelled round in astonishment as the men burst through his office door.• He swivelled the camera on the tripod to follow her as she crossed the yard.• She swivelled the computer screen around so that I could see it too.swivel2 noun [countable] DTan object that joins two parts of something and helps it to turn around 旋转接头；旋轴Examples from the Corpus
swivel• Affixed to the wall at a considerable height is a small television on a swivel, facing the bed.• She looks around her with a swivel of her huge head.Origin swivel2 (1200-1300) swif-, from the past participle of Old English swifan “to move along, sweep”swiv·el1 verbswivel2 nounChineseSyllable
quickly face and Corpus to around turn
swivel
swiv‧el1 /ˈswɪvəl/ 
(also swivel around/round) verb (past tense and past participle swivelled, present participle swivelling British English, swiveled, swiveling American English)
[intransitive and transitive] to turn around quickly and face a different direction, or to make something do this ⇨ spin:
Anna swivelled round to face him.
She swivelled her head round to watch what was happening.
Danny swiveled his chair away from me.
swivel2 noun [countable]
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(also swivel around/round) verb (past tense and past participle swivelled, present participle swivelling British English, swiveled, swiveling American English)[intransitive and transitive] to turn around quickly and face a different direction, or to make something do this ⇨ spin:
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noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Origin: swif-, from the past participle of Old English swifan 'to move along, sweep'
an object that joins two parts of something and helps it to turn around
Origin: swif-, from the past participle of Old English swifan 'to move along, sweep'
