rotate

旋转；自转

（使）轮流；交替；轮作

rotate

(使)旋转

rotate

1. turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

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2. exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

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3. cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

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4. perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"

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5. turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

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6. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"

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