rotates

英 [rəʊˈteɪts]

美 [ˈroʊteɪts]

v.  (使)旋转，转动; (工作)由…轮值; (人员)轮换，轮值
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)旋转;(使)转动
  When somethingrotatesor when yourotateit, it turns with a circular movement.
  1. The Earth rotates round the sun...
     地球围绕太阳转。
  2. 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。
• V-ERG （使）轮流;（使）轮换
  If people or thingsrotate, or if someonerotatesthem, they take it in turns to do a particular job or serve a particular purpose.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The Earth rotates round the sun
  地球围绕太阳转。
• While it rotates around the liquid in this tilted tube will be vertical.
  随着它旋转，倾斜试管中的液体表面变得垂直。
• The bottom end of the shaft has a worm gear that rotates as the wheel is turned.
  转向轴的底端有一个蜗轮传动装置，当蜗轮传动装置转动时，带动车轮转动。
• It whips and mixes the fresh air and crankcase fumes as it rotates.
  它旋转时，把新鲜空气和曲柄轴箱气体搅混在一起。
• The dead axle does not rotate; the wheel rotates on it.
  非断开式车桥不转动，而车轮在车桥上转动。
• The enantiomer that rotates the plane to the right is referred to as the dextrorotatory.
  使平面向右旋转的对映体，称为右旋对映体。
• Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
  旋转的平面能够推动水和空气。
• Seen from the earth, the sun rotates in about 27 days.
  从地球上观测，太阳的自转周期约为27天。
• The earth rotates on its axis.
  地球绕轴自转。
• The mystery arises when one considers how a spiral galaxy rotates.
  当人们考虑旋涡星系是如何转动的时候难题就来了。