rotates

英 [rəʊˈteɪts]

美 [ˈroʊteɪts]

v.  (使)旋转，转动; (工作)由…轮值; (人员)轮换，轮值
rotate的第三人称单数

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

• The Earth rotates round the sun
  地球围绕太阳转。
• And, as it rotates, it uses acceleration.
  随着它的旋转，就产生了加速度。
• 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。
• Isn't that amazing? And it rotates, seen from below clockwise.
  是不是很不可思议，转动了，从下看是顺时针方向。
• Seen from the earth, the sun rotates in about 27 days.
  从地球上观测，太阳的自转周期约为27天。
• Flips or rotates the picture or a selection.
  翻转或旋转图片或选定的区域。
• This drum is fixed to the road wheel and rotates with it.
  这个鼓轮固定在负重轮上，并随之转动。
• It whips and mixes the fresh air and crankcase fumes as it rotates.
  它旋转时，把新鲜空气和曲柄轴箱气体搅混在一起。
• The motor of this cargo winch rotates too quickly. It needs readjusting.
  这台起货机的马达旋转太快，需要重新调整。
• 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。