intransitive. To turn, revolve.
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释义 | the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] (62) wharvec888 intransitive. To turn, revolve. turnOE intransitive. To move round on an axis or about a centre; (of a wheel, planet, meat on a spit, etc.) to rotate, revolve. Also: (of a door on hinges… runOE intransitive. To revolve or turn round on or as on an axis. to turn aboutOE intransitive. To move circularly on an axis; to rotate, revolve; = to turn round 2a at phrasal verbs 1. Also figurative. to turn roundc1450 intransitive. To move round on an axis or centre; to revolve, rotate, or appear to do this. Formerly also figurative: †(of the brain or head) to… to go roundc1460 intransitive. To be passed from person to person (in early use esp. among a group of people sat at a table); to circulate; to be or become widely… revolute1553 transitive and intransitive. To revolve (in various senses). gyre1598 intransitive. To turn round, revolve, whirl, gyrate. veer1605 intransitive. To turn round, revolve. Obsolete. to come about1607 intransitive. To complete a rotation or revolution; to revolve, rotate. Obsolete. circumvolve1626 intransitive. To turn round or revolve on an axis or centre; to rotate; also figurative of time, etc. circumgyre1634 intransitive. To turn round like a wheel; to revolve; to make circuits, wind about, circle. to turn around1642 intransitive. To rotate or revolve. Also: to face in all directions successively. Cf. to turn round 2a at phrasal verbs 1. roll1646 intransitive and transitive. To turn about an axis, to rotate, esp. continually (independently of any forward motion: cf. senses 9a 9b). Now rare. revolve1660 intransitive. To rotate on an axis or around a centre (also in extended use, of a static structure). Also (of an engine or machine): to run so… circulate1672 intransitive. To move round, turn round, revolve, formerly round an axis (obsolete), or in an orbit (archaic); now round a circuit, circuitous… twist1680 intransitive. To rotate, revolve; also, to turn so as to face another way. circumgyrate1683 intransitive. To turn or wheel about, to roll round; to travel round, make circuits. rotate1757 intransitive. To turn about a centre or axis, usually a centre or axis inside the thing that is turning (cf. revolve, v. 6b); to perform one or… gyrate1830 intransitive. To move in a circle or spiral; to revolve, usually round a fixed point or on an axis; to rotate, whirl. Subcategories:— again (1) — as a wheel (3) — whirl (7) — swirl or eddy (3) — spin (12) — twirl (5) — turn over and over or roll (11) |
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