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

• And, as it rotates, it uses acceleration.
  随着它的旋转，就产生了加速度。
• 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。
• The earth rotates on its axis.
  地球绕轴自转。
• 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。
• You are the sun and the world rotates around you.
  你就是太阳，整个世界围绕着你转动。
• We are held fast to the ground not by gravity, but by centrifugal force as the Earth rotates.
  我们被牢固地固定在地上不是引力而是如地球旋转的离心力。
• The camshaft rotates in phase with the crankshaft, but at half its speed.
  凸轮轴和曲轴协调旋转，但速度仅是曲轴的一半。
• There's still a team leader, but that role rotates among the team every week.
  仍然会有一个团队领导，但这个角色是在整个团队人员中每周轮流轮换的。
• A screwdriver with a spiral in the handle so the blade rotates with downward pressure on the handle.
  手柄上有螺旋可以使刃片有向下的压力旋转的螺丝起子。
• 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。