rotate 音标拼音: [r'ot
, et]
vi . 旋转,循环;
a . 轮状的
vt . 使旋转,使转动,使轮流,轮作
旋转,循环;轮状的使旋转,使转动,使轮流,轮作
rotate 回转
rotate 旋转
rotate v 1 :
turn on or around an axis or a center ; "
The Earth revolves around the Sun "; "
The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire " [
synonym : {
revolve }, {
go around }, {
rotate }]
2 :
exchange on a regular basis ; "
We rotate the lead soprano every night "
3 :
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis ; "
Interns have to rotate for a few months "
4 :
cause to turn on an axis or center ; "
Rotate the handle " [
synonym :
{
rotate }, {
circumvolve }]
5 :
turn outward ; "
These birds can splay out their toes "; "
ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees " [
synonym : {
turn out }, {
splay }, {
spread out }, {
rotate }]
6 :
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession ; "
We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil "
Rotate \
Ro "
tate \,
a . [
L .
rotatus ,
p .
p .
of rotare to turn round like a wheel ,
fr .
rota wheel .
See {
Rotary },
and cf . {
Roue }.]
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel ;
wheel -
shaped ;
as ,
a rotate spicule or scale ;
a rotate corolla ,
i .
e .,
a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border ,
and no tube or a very short one .
[
1913 Webster ]
Rotate \
Ro "
tate \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Rotated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Rotating }.]
1 .
To turn ,
as a wheel ,
round an axis ;
to revolve .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To perform any act ,
function ,
or operation in turn ,
to hold office in turn ;
as ,
to rotate in office .
[
1913 Webster ]
Rotate \
Ro "
tate \,
v .
i .
1 .
To cause to turn round or revolve ,
as a wheel around an axle .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To cause to succeed in turn ;
esp .,
to cause to succeed some one ,
or to be succeeded by some one ,
in office .
[
Colloq .] "
Both ,
after a brief service ,
were rotated out of office ." --
Harper '
s Mag .
[
1913 Webster ]
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rotate ":
advance ,
alternate ,
ascend ,
back ,
back up ,
bandy ,
be here again ,
become airborne ,
budge ,
change ,
change place ,
circle ,
circulate ,
circumrotate ,
circumvolute ,
clear ,
climb ,
come again ,
come and go ,
come around ,
come round ,
come round again ,
come up again ,
convert ,
crank ,
cycle ,
descend ,
ebb ,
ensue ,
evert ,
exchange ,
flow ,
fly aloft ,
follow ,
get over ,
go ,
go around ,
go round ,
go sideways ,
gyrate ,
gyre ,
interchange ,
intermit ,
introvert ,
intussuscept ,
invaginate ,
inverse ,
invert ,
jump off ,
leave the ground ,
mount ,
move ,
move over ,
oscillate ,
pirouette ,
pivot ,
plunge ,
progress ,
pronate ,
pulsate ,
pulse ,
reappear ,
recur ,
reel ,
regress ,
relieve ,
reoccur ,
repeat ,
resupinate ,
retrogress ,
return ,
reverse ,
revolve ,
rise ,
roll ,
roll around ,
round ,
run ,
screw ,
shift ,
sink ,
soar ,
spell ,
spin ,
stir ,
stream ,
subside ,
succeed ,
supinate ,
swap ,
swing ,
switch ,
swivel ,
take off ,
take turns ,
taxi ,
transpose ,
travel ,
turn ,
turn a pirouette ,
turn about ,
turn around ,
turn down ,
turn in ,
turn inside out ,
turn out ,
turn over ,
turn round ,
turn the scale ,
turn the tables ,
turn upside down ,
twirl ,
twist ,
undulate ,
wamble ,
wane ,
wheel ,
wheel around ,
whirl ,
wind
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