| 释义 |
rotary1 adjectiverotary2 noun rotaryro‧ta‧ry1 /ˈrəʊtəri $ ˈroʊ-/ adjective [only before noun]   rotaryOrigin: 1700-1800 Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota; ➔ ROTATE - a rotary dial phone
- the rotary movement of the helicopter's blades
- 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.
► Engineeringboiler, 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 enginerotary1 adjectiverotary2 noun rotaryrotary2 noun (plural rotaries) [countable] American English a roundabout |