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单词 rotate
释义 rotate
rotate1
 —rotatable,  adj.   —rotatably,  adv.  
 /roh"tayt/ or, esp. Brit., /roh tayt"/,  v.  , rotated, rotating.
  v.t.  
  1. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
  2. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate farm crops.
  3. to replace (a person, troops, etc.) by another or others, usually according to a schedule or plan.
  v.i.  
  4. to turn around on or as if on an axis.
  5. to proceed in a fixed routine of succession: The sentries rotated in keeping watch.
 [1800-10; < L rotatus (ptp. of rotare to cause to spin, roll, move in a circle), equiv. to rot(a) wheel + -atus -ATE1]
 Syn. 1. wheel, whirl. See turn.
rotate2
 /roh"tayt/,  adj.  
 wheel-shaped: applied esp. to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb. See illus. under corolla.
 [1775-85; < L rot(a) wheel + -ATE1]
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