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旋转,循环;轮状的使旋转,使转动,使轮流,轮作

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Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rotating}.]
   1. To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.

   2. To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to
      hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

Rotate \Ro"tate\, a. [L. rotatus, p. p. of rotare to turn round
   like a wheel, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Roue}.]
   Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped;
   as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a
   monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a
   very short one.

Rotate \Ro"tate\, v. i.
   1. To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an
      axle.

   2. To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed
      some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.
      [Colloq.] ``Both, after a brief service, were rotated out
      of office.'' --Harper's Mag.

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rotate
     v 1: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves
          around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over
          the fire" [syn: {revolve}, {go around}]
     2: exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano
        every night"
     3: cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
        [syn: {circumvolve}]
     4: perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to
        rotate for a few months"
     5: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes";
        "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
        [syn: {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"