单词 | rotate |
释义 | † rotateadj.1 Obsolete. As past participle: revolved. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > revolved or rotated rotatea1500 turned1552 revolved?1611 rotated1715 a1500 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Ashm.) l. 500 (MED) Vnto water..our erthe is wente, And water yer-bye congyllyd..thyng in-to thynges muste yer-fore be rotate, vnto dyuersyte be browte vnto perfyȝthe vnyte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rotateadj.2 Botany. Esp. of a monopetalous corolla with a short tube and spreading limb: wheel-shaped; arranged like the spokes of a wheel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > of corolla rotated1727 personated1731 multiplicate1760 personate1760 ringent1760 rotate1760 corollaceous1775 wheel-shaped1775 multiplied1777 masked1785 multiplex1813 corolline1830 caryophyllaceous1835 1700 Institutiones Rei Herbariae I. Intr. 73 Flos rotatus rotae formam exhibet, ut patet in floribus Borraginis, Anagallidis, Lysimachiae.] 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxii. 221 In Gentiana, the Species..are easily distinguished by their Corollæ, which vary in being campaniform, rotate, infundibuliform, [etc.]. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xii. 129 This genus is easily known by the monopetalous, rotate or wheel-shaped corol. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 206 Corolla superior, monopetalous or polypetalous, rotate or tubular. 1840 Young Lady's Bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 26 This position of branches is said to be rotate or verticillate, that is, resembling the spokes of a wheel. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 211 A perennial herb, with..scorpioid cymes of rotate bright-blue flowers. 1905 H. M. Ward Trees III. ix. 77 Other examples of characteristic gametopetalous corollas are..rotate, with very short tube and flat, wheel-like, spreading limb, e.g. Pimpernel, Borage, Holly, [etc.]. 1948 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 35 370/1 This genus contrasts with previous genera studied in its rotate corolla and short style. 1997 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 158 S68/2 Rotate corollas are characterized by the perpendicular projection of each petal from the floral axis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rotatev. 1. a. intransitive. To turn about a centre or axis, usually a centre or axis inside the thing that is turning (cf. revolve v. 6b); to perform one or more revolutions. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] wharvec888 turnOE runOE to turn aboutOE to turn roundc1450 to go roundc1460 revolute1553 gyre1598 veer1605 to come about1607 circumvolve1626 circumgyre1634 to turn around1642 roll1646 revolve1660 circulate1672 twist1680 circumgyrate1683 rotate1757 gyrate1830 1757 tr. Marquis d'Argens Philos. Visions 215 She [sc. the Moon] rotates [Fr. tourne] about her axis. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) III. 278 Earthquakes, volcanoes, and a variety of other unknow'n causes..must have changed..the situation of the poles upon which it [sc. the globe] rotates. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 56/2 The shaft rotates in a bearing. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvii. 339 Our brig had..rotated considerably to the northward. 1871 tr. H. Frey Microscope & Microsc. Technol. 655 (advt.) The whole stage rotates concentrically and independently by means of a rack and pinion on a circular plate. 1949 B. L. Davies Technol. Plastics xvii. 317 A cam device is provided for..ejecting the moulding automatically as the table rotates. 1975 Sci. Amer. June 67/1 Each star..may be rotating on an axis, or revolving around a companion. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man i. 1 He closes his eyes; the world tilts beneath him, rotates; he goes absent. b. transitive. To cause (a thing) to rotate. Cf. revolve v. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] turnOE trillc1386 gyrec1420 rote?1533 tirl1543 to turn round1555 revolve1559 circumvert1578 circumgyre1635 circumrote1635 circumgyrate1647 circumvolve1647 veera1649 twist1769 rotate1777 sphere1820 1777 M. Falconar Synopsis Anat. & Surg. 166 (table) Serratus Minor Anticus. Rotates the scapula on its axis in the motion of the arm. 1795 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 20 If the contraction is increased, it [sc. the muscle] will rotate the radius. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 366 It brings the thigh toward that of the opposite side, bends it a little, and carries it outward by rotating it. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. i. 38 The warper..rotates the vertical wheel or frame..by means of the wheel..and the rope. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 193 Sometimes the masses of lava are rotated in their flight. 1892 Lancet 12 Mar. 571/1 The assistant then rotates the limb outwards. 1925 J. Grant Amos's Processes of Flour Manuf. (new ed.) xvii. 139 The general practice favoured fixing the bottom stone..and rotating the top stone. 1991 P. Sweeney Virgin Directory World Music 18 The sexy ‘ventilateur’..involved bending over and rotating the bottom suggestively. 2007 Yoga Mag. Oct. 46/1 Rotating the shoulders in a circular movement backwards. 2. a. To move or pass round on a rotational basis; to move (persons) into and out of a position in rotation; to move or exchange (things) between places or persons in a regular sequence. (a) transitive. Without adverbial. ΚΠ 1800 Rep. on Deb. House of Commons Irel. 5–6 Feb. 167 The Bishops are to be rotated, that the Minister may have all the influence of the church. 1894 L. B. Sperry Confid. Talks with Young Men 159 It is wise to alternate, or rotate the various forms of life's duties so as to secure daily, restful change, both physical and mental. 1915 C. M. Walsh Polit. Sci. John Adams xi Then both the district must rotate its representatives, and the representative, if prominent enough to be able to do so, must rotate his district. 1942 Life 19 Oct. 18/1 (advt.) You rotate the tires on your car periodically! Rotate the position of your rugs for the same reason. 1943 Hispania 26 89 It is believed that Hispania will be the gainer by a policy of rotating the Associate Editorships, rather than reappointing retiring staff-members as their terms expire. 1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Jan. 10/3 We're going to rotate the house and we even rotate the cars. We've been separated for four months, and it's a growing experience. 1985 N. McIntosh Managing Little League Baseball viii. 104 After an outfielder has a chance to catch three fly balls, the members of his team rotate positions, and after each boy has played all three positions, you total each team's score. (b) transitive. With adverb or prepositional phrase. ΚΠ 1836 Atkinson's Casket Nov. 594 I never see a prince or a king,—but one or two, and they had been rotated out of office. 1864 O. A. Brownson Wks. (1887) XX. 356 If abler men, we have, with rare exceptions, ‘rotated’ them from their places before they could acquire experience enough to be useful. 1892 5th Ann. Rep. State Board of Health State of Ohio 1891 305 Once a year the political wheel or some other malign agency will rotate two members out of office and fill their places with raw material. 1921 Rep. Surgeon-General, U.S. Army 212 From January to August 17 student nurses were rotated through the service as part of their training. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 4/1 By rotating the calves through the paddocks ahead of the cows at intervals of 3 or 4 days. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 July 41/1 Fostering can be like a series of mutual tryouts, as children are rotated in and out of homes via the cumbersome bureaucracy of social services. b. Of a person or body of people: to move into or out of a position, assignment, etc., or from one place to another, on a rotational basis; to take turns. Also in extended use, of an office, etc. (a) intransitive. Without adverbial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > rotate [verb (transitive)] > implement by rotation rotate1841 1841 Lancet 9 Jan. 533/2 It is the law of the Lincoln Asylum that the physicians shall rotate by months—thus the patients are subjected to the treatment of one physician one month, and of another the next. 1874 Nature 19 Feb. 303/2 It has also been decided that the presidency shall rotate. 1878 E. H. Pilcher Hist. Protestantism in Michigan x. 231 It was so arranged that one of them should be in the village every Sabbath, that is, they rotated so as that one of them should be here two successive Sabbaths, and the other for the same length of time. 1919 School & Society 27 Sept. 367/2 After a few years of successful rotation, the office commonly ceases to rotate. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 1001/1 The senior nurses and students rotated so that each day a different person was assigned as ‘medicines nurse’. 2008 New Yorker 2 June 80/3 The characters rotate, two sitting while the third speaks. (b) intransitive. With adverb or prepositional phrase. ΚΠ 1870 G. A. Townsend New World compared with Old xii. 327 Both of them rotate out of office, when there is a change of party. 1900 H. W. Cherouny Burial of Apprentice ii. ii. 120 It gave them all a chance by perseverance and impertinence to rotate into office. 1922 Amer. Anthropologist 24 297 The office of Singers chief is made to rotate between the three men, each holding it for four years. 1959 M. H. Curtis Oxf. & Cambr. in Transition ii. 43 The privilege of naming proctors rotated among the colleges according to a proctorial cycle incorporated in the statutes. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger ii. 49 He was rotating out, and his next assignment was to be a drill sergeant..at Fort Benning, Georgia. 2005 Berkeleyan 6 Oct. 1/1 Additional team members will rotate in as project conditions dictate. 3. a. intransitive. Of a crop: to undergo rotation. Also: (of a person) to practise crop rotation. ΚΠ 1836 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 5 570/1 It [sc. cabbage] might, and I think should, be made to rotate with the crops of the farm. 1851 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1850 10 23 You rotate, because the crop you raise, stands debtor..to certain elementary substances derived from the soil. 1916 R. L. Clute Pract. Less. Trop. Agric. III. iv. 33 Crops are said to rotate when one kind of crop follows another in regular order. 1989 Farmer 16 Sept. 14/2 Rotating to other crops allows time for phytotoxic materials in the soil..to degrade. 1999 Earth Matters Summer 27/2 If you keep growing the same thing in the same place, pests will be ready and waiting for the next crop. So, rotate. b. transitive. To subject (crops) to rotation. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > rotate [verb (transitive)] rotate1856 1856 N. Amer. Rev. July 247 A nation show[s] the evil of that system of culture, which never rotates crops, but takes, year after year, the same declining harvest from the exhausted soil. 1879 J. Hawthorne Sebastian Strome I. iii. 36 She could mow a field, drain it, plough it, and rotate its crops. 1905 Science 1 Dec. 719/1 Neglect in methods of culture, including..failure to rotate crops. 2000 Guardian 10 June (Weekend Suppl.) 46/2 The strawberries here are rotated with arable crops. 4. U.S. Military. a. transitive (chiefly in passive). To recall (a soldier, a unit, etc.) from overseas or combat service to a home base or less active area. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > move > from combat zone to safer environment rotate1944 1944 Yank 4 Feb. 6 The policy on leaves and furloughs includes provision that individuals who have had two years Alaskan service and who do not desire to be rotated may volunteer for an additional Alaskan tour. 1951 Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. (B ed.) 6/2 The assurances to G.I.'s in Korea that they would be rotated home were regarded with unmodulated disbelief. 1985 G. Paley Later Same Day 200 We had to have a big wedding then, Mamasan, Papasan, everybody was there. Then I got rotated. I wrote to her. b. intransitive. To be recalled from active service. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > move to safer environment rotate1967 1967 Let. in B. Frey & B. Frey Letters from 'Nam (1992) 73 Only 204 days till I rotate. 1973 Washington Post 13 Jan. a3/3 You look at an NLF..soldier, who can't..get R and R to Hong Kong, time off in Vungtau, and then rotate in a year back to the States. 1996 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Mag. June 136/2 Cary expects to arrive home on August 29, when his battalion is due to rotate back to the U.S. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1a1500adj.21760v.1757 |
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