rotate

[rəu'teit]

v.轮流, (使)旋转
adj.车轮状的

vi.

1. 旋转, 转动[(+around)]

The earth rotates from west to east.

地球从西向东旋转。

2. 循环, 轮流

The seasons rotate.

四季循环。

3. 【军】轮换调防

vt.

1. 使旋转, 使转动

2. 使轮流; 轮换

Farmers rotate crops in the fields.

农民在耕地上轮栽农作物。

3. 【军】把(人员, 部队)轮换调防

a.

【植】辐状的

词形变化

形容词: rotatable | 动词过去式: rotated | 动词过去分词: rotated | 动词现在分词: rotating | 动词第三人称单数: rotates |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.旋转, 转动

spin  turn  gyrate  swivel  pivot  

同义参见:

whirl  wheel  twist  twirl  screw  roll  circle  

英英释义

动词 rotate:

turn on or around an axis or a center

同义词：revolve, go around

exchange on a regular basis

cause to turn on an axis or center

同义词：circumvolve

perform a job or duty on a rotating basis

turn outward

同义词：turn out, splay, spread out

plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession

补充

rotaterotate英:[rəuˈteit] 美:[ˈrotet]vt. & vi.1.(使某物)旋转[转动]The earth rotates around the sun.地球绕着太阳转。The doctor asked the patient to rotate his eyes.医生叫病人转动一下眼球。2.(使某人或某物)轮流[按顺序循环]The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee.主席一职由委员会的成员轮流担任。You can rotate the wheel with your hand.你可以用手转动轮子。

例句

1. Gently rotate your hips.轻轻地扭动臀部。 2. The moon rotates around the earth.月球围绕着地球旋转。 3. The seasons rotate perpetually.季节在不断地交替。 4. The soldiers posted abroad in 2001 rotated home last year.2001年派驻国外的士兵去年轮换调防回国。 5. You mustn't rotate the wheel with your hand.你千万不要用手转动轮子。 6. They rotated crops in the field every year.他们每年在田地里轮种几种庄稼 7. The troops stationed along the border three years ago have been rotated back to their original positions.三年前派驻在边境的部队现已轮换调防原地。 8. the wheel continued to rotate.轮子继续转动。 9. [asadj. rotating]a rotating drum.一个旋转的鼓。 10. the small directional side rockets rotated the craft.这些小小的侧置定向火箭发动机使航天器转动。 11. the job of chairing the meeting rotates.主持会议这件工作轮流来做。 12. these crops were sometimes rotated with grass.这些作物有时与草轮种。 13. The earth rotates on its axis.地球绕地轴自转。 14. We rotate the duties so that nobody is stuck with a job they don't like.我们轮换职务﹐这样谁也不会固定在一个不喜欢的工作。 15. "As the gear rotates, it turns the other gears."这个齿轮转动时，会带动其他齿轮。 16. The Earth rotates on its axis.地球绕地轴自转。 17. The planets rotate around the sun.行星绕太阳公转。 18. a rotating propeller转动的螺旋桨 19. The software allows you to rotate images.这款软件能让你旋转图像。 20. rotate the sheet of paper 90 degrees.把这张纸旋转90度。 21. The staff rotates the weekend shift.员工们周末轮流值班。 22. We rotate—she does the dishes one week; I do them the next.我们轮流洗碗——一周她洗，下一周我洗。 23. The work is done by volunteers on a rotating basis. [=the volunteers take turns doing the work]志愿者轮流做这项工作。 24. You should rotate your car's tires once a year.你应该每年调换一次汽车轮胎的位置。 25. (US) The soldier was rotated home after six months. [=the soldier was sent home after six months and another soldier took his place]六个月后，那名士兵轮换调防回国。 26. The seasons rotate.四季更替，周而复始。 27. They rotate alfalfa and/with corn. [=grow alfalfa one year and corn the next]他们轮种苜蓿和玉米。 28. a rotatable platform旋转舞台