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rotate v.轮流；(使)旋转adj.车轮状的 (1) 主席一职由委员会的成员轮流担任。(2) 实习医生轮流工作了几个月。(3) 他轻轻地转动手柄。(4) 地球是绕轴旋转的吗？ Rotate can also mean that you take turns performing a job. If you, Jim, and Shelia all got the same amount of votes in the class election, you could rotate the role of treasurer, meaning the position would pass from one to another in a regular pattern. Rotate can also refer to other things that are passed along in a regular order. You might rotate lawn duties with your brother — that means you mow the lawn one week and he mows it the next.

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英 [rəʊ'teɪt] 美 ['roʊteɪt] (1) The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee.(2) Interns have to rotate for a few months.(3) He rotates the handle gently.(4) Does the earth rotate on an axis? Rotate means to circle around a center point. Wheels on a car rotate, planets rotate, and if you're an ice skater, you rotate on the blade of a skate when you do your spins. 1[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.   [V]  [V n]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。2[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.   [V]  [V n]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。rotatingThe 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。

英语单词	rotate
英美音标	英 [rəʊ'teɪt] 美 ['roʊteɪt]
中文释义	v.轮流；(使)旋转 adj.车轮状的
英语例句	(1) The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee. (2) Interns have to rotate for a few months. (3) He rotates the handle gently. (4) Does the earth rotate on an axis?
中文例句	(1) 主席一职由委员会的成员轮流担任。 (2) 实习医生轮流工作了几个月。 (3) 他轻轻地转动手柄。 (4) 地球是绕轴旋转的吗？
vocabulary简明	Rotate means to circle around a center point. Wheels on a car rotate, planets rotate, and if you're an ice skater, you rotate on the blade of a skate when you do your spins.
vocabulary扩展	Rotate can also mean that you take turns performing a job. If you, Jim, and Shelia all got the same amount of votes in the class election, you could rotate the role of treasurer, meaning the position would pass from one to another in a regular pattern. Rotate can also refer to other things that are passed along in a regular order. You might rotate lawn duties with your brother — that means you mow the lawn one week and he mows it the next.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V] [V n] 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。 2 [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. [V] [V n] 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。 rotating 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。

Rotate Turns Members Earth Means Regular Things Passed