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rotate

verb
 
/rəʊˈteɪt/
/ˈrəʊteɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rotate
/rəʊˈteɪt/
/ˈrəʊteɪt/
he / she / it rotates
/rəʊˈteɪts/
/ˈrəʊteɪts/
past simple rotated
/rəʊˈteɪtɪd/
/ˈrəʊteɪtɪd/
past participle rotated
/rəʊˈteɪtɪd/
/ˈrəʊteɪtɪd/
-ing form rotating
/rəʊˈteɪtɪŋ/
/ˈrəʊteɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to move or turn around a central fixed point; to make something do this（使）旋转，转动
    • Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate.直升机的螺旋桨开始转动时，尽量离远点儿。
    • rotate about/around something winds rotating around the eye of a hurricane绕飓风风眼旋转的风
    • rotate something Rotate the wheel through 180 degrees.将方向盘转动 180 度。
    Extra Examples
    • Make sure that the propellor can rotate freely.确保螺旋桨能够旋转无碍。
    • Once the starter motor is rotating, you should be able to get the car going.起动马达旋转后，您应该能够使汽车行驶。
    • The blades of the fan rotated rapidly above her.风扇的叶片在她上方迅速旋转。
    • The earth takes 24 hours to rotate on its axis.地球自转一周需要24个小时。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • quickly
    • rapidly
    • gently
    • …
    verb + rotate
    • allow something to
    preposition
    • around
    • on
    • through
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    [intransitive, transitive] if a job rotates, or if people rotate a job, they regularly change the job or regularly change who does the job（工作）由…轮值；（人员）轮换，轮值
    • + adv./prep. The EU presidency rotates among the members.欧盟主席一职由其成员国轮流担任。
    • When I joined the company, I rotated around the different sections.我加入这个公司时，轮换过几个不同的部门。
    • rotate something We rotate the night shift so no one has to do it all the time.我们轮流值夜班，这样就不会有人总是夜班了。
    3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin rotat- ‘turned in a circle’, from the verb rotare, from rota ‘wheel’.
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rotaterotateD.J.:[rəuˈteit]K.K.:[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。
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rotate
ro·tate / 5rotet ; rEJ5teIt /verb
1. I,Tto turn with a circular movement around a central point, or to make something do this（使）旋转，（使）转动;SYNrevolve;
⇒spin:
•The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours.地球每 24 小时绕地轴自转一周。
•Rotate the pan halfway through the baking time.烘烤到一半时把盘子转一下。
2. I,Tif a job rotates, or if people rotate jobs, they each do a particular job for a particular period of time（使）轮流做…，（使）轮换:
•The chairmanship of the committee rotates annually.委员会主席的职位每年轮换一次。
•Employers may rotate duties to give staff wider experience.雇主可以轮换工作岗位，以丰富员工的经验。
3. I,Tto change the places of things or people, or to change places, especially in a circular direction（给…）轮换位置:
•Rotating the tyres every few months helps them last longer.隔几个月给轮胎进行一次换位有助于延长其使用寿命。
4. Ttechnicalto regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land, in order to preserve the quality of the soil轮种，轮作;
⇒crop rotation
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rotate

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
rotate /ˈroʊˌteɪt/ Brit /rəʊˈteɪt/ verb
rotates; rotated; rotating
rotate
/ˈroʊˌteɪt/ Brit /rəʊˈteɪt/
verb
rotates; rotated; rotating
Learner's definition of ROTATE
1 
: to move or turn in a circle转动
[no object]
[+ object]
2 
: to regularly change the person who does a particular job so that all the members of a group do it at different times（人员）轮换，轮值
[+ object]
[no object]
3 
: to regularly change the place or position of things or people so that each takes the place of another定期调换地点（或位置）
[+ object]
[no object]
4 
[+ object] : to regularly change (crops grown on one piece of land) to make sure the soil stays healthy轮种

— rotatable

/ˈroʊˌteɪtəbəl/ Brit /rəʊˈteɪtəbəl/ adjective
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rotate v 旋转 (rot+ate)
rot=wheel 轮子,转
rotate v 旋转 (rot+ate)
rotatory a 旋转的,轮流的 (rotate+ory)
rotor n 旋转体 (not+or)
rotund a 圆形的,圆胖的 (rot 转=圆+und=圆的,胖的)
rotundity n 圆形,圆胖 (rotund+ity)
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