Rotate
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第5级
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vt.& vi. （使某物）旋转;使转动;使轮流，轮换;交替;
adj. [植]辐状的;有辐射部分的;
💡 词根助记
rot轮子，转+ate使 →旋转
📝 例句
Explain why the vanes rotate when they are illuminated.
试解释：叶片被照亮时为什么会旋转。
This large gear turns the small one to rotate the cylinder.
这个大齿轮带动小齿轮使滚筒旋转。
Do the vanes in the figure rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
图中叶片的旋转方向是顺时针的，还是反时针的？
The earth rotates from west to east.
地球从西向东旋转。
The cylinder is caused to rotate by means of a small electric motor.
转动圆柱体是由小电动机带动的。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ rot-腐烂,ate-吃:吃下腐烂的食物后感觉天在旋转
※ rot-腐败,ate-吃:这种腐败的赤字“旋转”吃掉所有官员的性命
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-rot-表示“转动”
📖 牛津释义
rotate
v[I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
1 (cause sth to) move in circles round a central point （使某物）旋转或转动
Danger: rotating blades. 危险: 叶片旋转, 注意安全.
rotate the handle gently 轻轻转动手柄.
2 (cause sb/sth to) take turns or recur in a particular order （使某人[某事物]）轮流或按顺序循环
The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee. 主席一职由委员会的成员轮流担任.
the technique of rotating crops 轮种作物的技术.
🎯 考研助记
腐烂(rot)东西吃(ate)下去会轮流得更快（有点恶心） 旋转 网友：yqy补充： 【根】rot＝wheel（轮子）,to turn（旋转）
🔁 扩展释义
*['rәuteit]a. 辐状的vt. 使旋转, 使转动, 使轮流vi. 旋转, 循环【计】 旋转【化】 回转【医】 旋转【经】 旋转, 转动, 轮流
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Let me give you some more chicken. And have another pancake.
我再给你夹些鸡肉。再吃一块煎饼。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.
10年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗？我的丈夫比尔当时在政府的一个部门工作。我们被邀请参加一个宫庭舞会，所以我需要借一点珠宝首饰。
Perhaps in those days I was. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives. That night everything changed.
那时候，我也许是个漂亮姑娘。我和比尔在舞会上的确玩得很痛快。不过，那是我们一生中最后的幸福时刻。那天晚上一切都变了。