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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
rotate
ro‧tate /rəʊˈteɪt $ ˈroʊteɪt/ BrE AmE verb [Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of rotare, from rota 'wheel'] 1. [intransitive and transitive] to turn with a circular movement around a central point, or to make something do this SYN revolve ⇨ spin: The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Rotate the pan halfway through the baking time. 2. [intransitive and transitive] if a job rotates, or if people rotate jobs, they each do a particular job for a particular period of time: The chairmanship of the committee rotates annually. Employers may rotate duties to give staff wider experience. 3. [intransitive and transitive] to change the places of things or people, or to change places, especially in a circular direction: Rotating the tyres every few months helps them last longer. 4. [transitive] technical to regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land, in order to preserve the quality of the soil ⇨ crop rotation • • • THESAURUS ▪ turn to move around a central or fixed point: The wheels of the train began to turn. ▪ go around (also go round British English) to turn around a central point. Go around is a little more informal than turn and is very common in everyday English: When the fan goes around, the warm air is pushed back downwards. ▪ revolve/rotate to turn around and around a central point. Rotate and revolve are more formal than turn and sound more technical: The Earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours. | The stage revolves at various points during the performance. ▪ spin to turn around many times very quickly: The ice skater began to spin faster and faster. ▪ whirl /wɜːl $ wɜːrl/ to spin around extremely quickly, often in a powerful or uncontrolled way: The blades of the helicopter whirled overhead. ▪ twirl (around) to spin around quickly, especially as part of a dance or performance: The couples were twirling around on the dance floor. ▪ swirl (around) to move around quickly in a circular movement, especially when the movement goes outwards or upwards from the center: Her white skirt swirled around her legs as she danced. | The leaves began to swirl around. ▪ spiral to move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes around: The smoke spiralled toward the ceiling.
rotatehu◎ | [rou'teit] | ※ | ngoại động từ | | ■ | làm quay, làm xoay quanh | | ■ | luân phiên nhau | | ☆ | to rotate the crops | | trồng luân phiên, luân canh | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | (thực vật học) có hình bánh xe |
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