| 单词 | rotate |
| 释义 | rotate (once / 683 pages) 1v 2v Rotate means to circle around a center point. Wheels on a car rotate, planets rotate, and if you're an ice skater, you rotate on the blade of a skate when you do your spins. Rotate can also mean that you take turns performing a job. If you, Jim, and Shelia all got the same amount of votes in the class election, you could rotate the role of treasurer, meaning the position would pass from one to another in a regular pattern. Rotate can also refer to other things that are passed along in a regular order. You might rotate lawn duties with your brother — that means you mow the lawn one week and he mows it the next. WORD FAMILYrotate: rotatable, rotated, rotates, rotating, rotation, rotatory+/rotation: rotational, rotations/rotational: rotationally USAGE EXAMPLESRubin’s results implied that the galaxies are rotating so fast that they should fly apart. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The whole structure rotated to add prisoners to cells or remove them, Bayens said. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) But New Orleans tends to rotate running backs. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v turn on or around an axis or a center The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire Syn|Hypo|Hyper go around, revolve circumvolve cause to turn on an axis or center drive in, screw cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion screwturn like a screw wheel, wheel aroundchange directions as if revolving on a pivot gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirlrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirlturn in a twisting or spinning motion screw upscrew or turn higher cartwheeldo cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet whirligigwhirl or spin like a whirligig turn move around an axis or a center 2v turn outward ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees Syn|Hyper splay, spread out, turn out turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 3v cause to turn on an axis or center 2Rotate the handle Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumvolve go around, revolve turn on or around an axis or a center crank, crank up rotate with a crank birl, spin, twirl, whirlcause to spin birl, birlecause a floating log to rotate by treading turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 1v exchange on a regular basis We rotate the lead soprano every night Hyper alternate exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions 2v plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil Hyper grow cause to grow or develop 3v perform a job or duty on a rotating basis Interns have to rotate for a few months Hyper serve do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function |
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