| 正面 | 12964.rotary 英 ['rəʊt(ə)rɪ]美 ['rotəri]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. subduce "除去，减去" => subdue.2. subdue 其实就是 subduce 经过古法语简化、变体而来。adj. 旋转的，转动的；轮流的n. 旋转式机器；[动力] 转缸式发动机 例句： 1. A rotary telephone has a wheel with holes for each number.转盘式电话有个带眼的轮子. rotary 旋转的，转动的来自拉丁语 rota,轮子，来自 PIE*ret,旋转，转动，词源同 round,roll,rotate. rotary (adj.)1731, from Medieval Latin rotarius "pertaining to wheels," from Latin rota "a wheel, a potter's wheel; wheel for torture," from PIE root *ret- "to run, to turn, to roll" (cognates: Sanskrit rathah "car, chariot;" Avestan ratho; Lithuanian ratas "wheel," ritu "I roll;" Old High German rad, German Rad, Dutch rad, Old Frisian reth, Old Saxon rath, Old Irish roth, Welsh rhod "carriage wheel"). The international service club (founded by Paul P. Harris in Chicago in 1905) so called from the practice of clubs entertaining in rotation. Hence Rotarian (1911)." |