- 1旋轉；輪流、輪值
To rotate means to turn around a central point, like a wheel turning around its middle, or the Earth rotating once every day to make day and night. People also use "rotate" for taking turns in a fair, planned way — like workers who "rotate" shifts, meaning each person takes a turn doing the night shift, then the next, so it's shared fairly.
From the word’s history
From Latin rotātus, past participle of rotō 'to revolve', from rota 'wheel'.
借自拉丁文 rotātus，來自 rota「輪子」。
組成From Latin "rota," meaning wheel — to rotate is to move like a wheel.
同家族的字
- rotationthe noun — one full turn, or a system of taking turns, is a rotation
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
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rotateverb/ɹəʊˈteɪt/
- 1
To spin, turn, or revolve.
- He rotated in his chair to face me.
- The earth rotates.
- 2
To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
- 3
To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
- 4
To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- Rotate the dial to the left.
- 5
To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.
- 6
To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
- The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
- 7
To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
rotateadj/ɹəʊˈteɪt/
- 1
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
- a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla
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