English Dictionary

rotate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹəʊˈteɪt/

動詞

自動詞 前置詞句 他動詞

(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve. / (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns. / (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.

日本語の意味

回転する、スピンする / 順次回る、順番に入る / （航空機が）離陸直前に鼻を上げる

The old ceiling fan will rotate slowly when the room gets warm.

部屋が暖かくなると、古い天井扇はゆっくりと回転します。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.

He rotated in his chair to face me.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.

The nurses' shifts rotate each week.

意味（3）

(intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.

The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.

意味（4）

(transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.

Rotate the dial to the left.

意味（5）

(transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.

I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.

意味（6）

(transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.

The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.

意味（7）

(transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

rotates （ present singular third-person ）

rotating （ participle present ）

rotated （ participle past ）

rotated （ past ）