| 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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