rotate

Definitions

rot (wheel, turn) + -ate (verb) = 'to do what a wheel does.' A wheel spins around its axle, so rotate first means to spin (the Earth rotates). Because a wheel's spokes keep coming around in the same order, rotate also means to take turns in sequence — rotate crops, rotate shifts.

Common Collocations

• 1.rotate crops轮种作物
• 2.rotate shifts轮换班次
• 3.rotate freely自由旋转
• 4.rotate 90 degrees旋转90度

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The Earth rotates once on its axis every twenty-four hours.

• 2.

  Rotate the image ninety degrees so the text reads upright.

• 3.

  We rotate the night shift so no one is stuck with it every week.

• 4.

  Farmers rotate their crops to keep the soil healthy.