单词	rotary
释义	rotary1 adjectiverotary2 noun rotaryro‧ta‧ry1 /ˈrəʊtəri $ ˈroʊ-/ adjective [only before noun] Word Origin WORD ORIGINrotary Origin: 1700-1800 Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota; ➔ ROTATE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a rotary dial phone the rotary movement of the helicopter's blades EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Beat in eggs one at a time, using a rotary beater, until satiny and fluffy. Between these two displays are the rotary encoder control and four push buttons. Men's razors some in two styles, either with a foil head or with rotary heads. Not long after our purchase, the rotary engine, well, melted. Telephones used to have slower rotary dials. The Linotype machine and high-capacity rotary press produced mass circulation newspapers, which-until radio and television came along-largely replaced personal-encounter politics. There were about 45 rotary steam corn mills built before 1800. This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt's engine to provide rotary motion. word sets WORD SETS► Engineering boiler, nouncamshaft, nounchuck, nouncollar, nounconsole, nouncylinder, noundecompress, verbdiggings, noundrag, nounengagement, nounengine, nounengineer, nounengineer, verbexhaust, nounhydraulics, nounlubricant, nounlubricate, verbmetal fatigue, nounperformance, nounpipe fitter, nounpipeline, nounpiston, nounplunger, nounregulator, nounrig, nounrivet, verbrotary, adjectivesafety valve, nounseparator, nounshaft, nounshockproof, adjectivesparking plug, nounspark plug, nounspindle, nounstarter, nounstreamline, verbtheodolite, nountorsion, nountruss, nountune, verbtune-up, nountunnel, verbturboprop, nounwind tunnel, noun 1turning in a circle around a fixed point, like a wheel:  the rotary movement of the helicopter blades2having a main part that turns like a wheel:  a rotary engine rotary1 adjectiverotary2 noun rotaryrotary2 noun (plural rotaries) [countable] American English a roundabout
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