[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)旋转;(使)转动 When something rotates or when you rotate it, it turns with a circular movement.
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The Earth rotates round the sun...
地球围绕太阳转。
Take each foot in both your hands and rotate it to loosen and relax the ankle.
双手抓住自己的双脚,转动一下,以放松脚踝。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)轮流;(使)轮换 If people or things rotate, or if someone rotates them, they take it in turns to do a particular job or serve a particular purpose.
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The members of the club can rotate and one person can do all the preparation for the evening...
俱乐部的成员可以轮流工作,而且一个人就能做好晚上的所有准备工作。
They will swap posts in a year's time, according to new party rules which rotate the leadership.
根据轮流担任领导的新政党章程,他们在一年后会轮换职位。
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The European Union's rotating presidency passed from Sweden to Belgium.
欧盟轮值主席国由瑞典换成了比利时。
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ro·tate/rəʊˈteɪt; NAmEˈroʊteɪt/verb1[intransitive , transitive ]to move or turn around a central fixed point; to make sth 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。rotateabout/around sth ◆winds rotating around the eye of a hurricane绕飓风风眼旋转的风rotatesth ◆Rotate the wheel through 180 degrees.将方向盘转动 180 度。2[intransitive , transitive ]if a job rotates,or if people rotatea 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。rotatesth ◆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。▶ro·tat·ing/rəʊˈteɪtɪŋ; NAmEˈroʊteɪtɪŋ/adjective[only before noun ]◆rotating parts旋转的部件◆a rotating presidency轮值主席之职rotaterotatesrotatedrotatingro·tate/rəʊˈteɪt; NAmEˈroʊteɪt/ro·tat·ing/rəʊˈteɪtɪŋ; NAmEˈroʊteɪtɪŋ/
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rotatero‧tate /rəʊˈteɪt $ ˈroʊteɪt/ ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to turn with a circular movement around a central point, or to make something do thisSYN revolve → spin: The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Rotate the pan halfway through the baking time.2[intransitive, transitive] if a job rotates, or if people rotate jobs, they each do a particular job for a particular period of time: The chairmanship of the committee rotates annually. Employers may rotate duties to give staff wider experience.3[intransitive, transitive] to change the places of things or people, or to change places, especially in a circular direction: Rotating the tyres every few months helps them last longer.4[transitive] technical to regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land, in order to preserve the quality of the soil → crop rotation
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