rotate

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

rotate UK [rə ʊ ˈteɪt] US [ˈroʊ.teɪt] verb [ rotates rotating rotated ]
1. intransitive or transitive to (cause to) turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point
• Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door.
• The wheel rotates around an axle.
• The satellite slowly rotates as it circles the Earth.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Revolving, rotating and spinning
2. intransitive or transitive If a job rotates or if a group of people rotate their jobs, the jobs are done at different times by different people.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Revolving, rotating and spinning
3. transitive When farmers rotate crops, they regularly change which crops they grow in a particular field.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Improving fertility and pest control

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  turn out, splay, spread out, circumvolve, revolve, go around