rotate
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to move or turn around a central fixed point; to make something do this （使）旋转，转动 Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate. 直升机的螺旋桨开始转动时，尽量离远点儿。 - rotate about/around something
winds rotating around the eye of a hurricane 绕飓风风眼旋转的风 - rotate something
Rotate the wheel through 180 degrees. 将方向盘转动 180 度。
Extra ExamplesMake sure that the propellor can rotate freely. 确保螺旋桨能够旋转无碍。 Once the starter motor is rotating, you should be able to get the car going. 一旦启动马达开始转动，你就应该能发动汽车了。 The blades of the fan rotated rapidly above her. 风扇的叶片在她上方快速旋转。 The earth takes 24 hours to rotate on its axis. 地球自转一周需要24个小时。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- gently
- …
- allow something to
- around
- on
- through
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
if a job rotates, or if people rotate a job, they regularly change the job or regularly change who does the job （工作）由…轮值；（人员）轮换，轮值
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin rotat- ‘turned in a circle’, from the verb rotare, from rota ‘wheel’.