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 dead axle does not rotate; the wheel rotates on it.
  非断开式车桥不转动，而车轮在车桥上转动。
• The earth rotates on its axis.
  地球绕轴自转。
• As long as Earth still rotates, we are all part of this world.
  只要地球还在转，我们都将是世界上的一份子。
• 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。
• Flips or rotates the picture or a selection.
  翻转或旋转图片或选定的区域。
• 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。
• The camshaft rotates in phase with the crankshaft, but at half its speed.
  凸轮轴和曲轴协调旋转，但速度仅是曲轴的一半。
• We are held fast to the ground not by gravity, but by centrifugal force as the Earth rotates.
  我们被牢固地固定在地上不是引力而是如地球旋转的离心力。
• A device with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air.
  带有成角的刀片旋转以推动水和空气的装置。
• And, as it rotates, it uses acceleration.
  随着它的旋转，就产生了加速度。