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 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。
• It consists of a bored housing that contains a throttle plate that rotates on a shaft.
  它由一个无聊的房子，包含一个节流板轴上旋转。
• Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
  旋转的平面能够推动水和空气。
• The earth rotates on its axis.
  地球绕轴自转。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And, that radius rotates around the wheel as the wheel is moving forward.
  这条半径随着车轮的向前移动在旋转着。
• 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。
• 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。