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单词 rotate
释义 Verb: rotate  rowteyt
  1. Turn on or around an axis or a centre
    "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
    - revolve, go around 
  2. Exchange on a regular basis
    "We rotate the lead soprano every night" 
  3. Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
    "Interns have to rotate for a few months" 
  4. Cause to turn on an axis or centre
    "Rotate the handle"
    - circumvolve 
  5. Turn outward
    "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
    - turn out, splay, spread out 
  6. Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
    "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"

Derived forms: rotated, rotates, rotating

See also: rotation, rotatory

Type of: alternate, grow, serve, turn

Encyclopedia: Rotate

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