rotate
英 [rəʊˈteɪt]
美 [ˈroʊ.teɪt]
- vi. 旋转;循环
- vt. 使旋转;使转动;使轮流
- adj. [植] 辐状的
rotate 旋转,转动来自拉丁语 rotare,旋转 ,转动,来自 PIE*ret,旋转,转动,词源同 round,roll,rotary.
- rotate (v.)
- 1794, intransitive, back-formation from rotation. Transitive sense from 1823. Related: Rotated; rotating. Rotator "muscle which allows a part to be moved circularly" is recorded from 1670s.
- 1. With a low-pitched rumbling noise, the propeller began to rotate.
- 伴随着隆隆的低沉噪声,螺旋桨开始旋转起来。
- 2. Rotate the head clockwise and counterclockwise.
- 按顺时针方向转动头部,然后再逆时针旋转。
- 3. Rotate the shoulders in their sockets five times.
- 让肩膀绕臼部转动5次。
- 4. 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。
- 5. The doctor asked the patient to rotate his eyes.
- 医生叫病人转动一下眼球.