rotary

Word family adjectiverotalrotaryrotatablerotationalrotativerotatorynounRotameterrotaplaneRotarianRotarianismrotationrotatorRotavatorrotavirusrotaverbrotaterotavate

Related topics: Engineering

ro·ta·ry1 /ˈrəʊtəri $ ˈroʊ-/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1 TURNturning in a circle around a fixed point, like a wheel 旋转的，转动的

the rotary movement of the helicopter blades

直升机螺旋桨叶的转动

2 TEhaving a main part that turns like a wheel 有旋转部件的

a rotary engine

旋转式发动机

Examples from the Corpus

rotary• Beat in eggs one at a time, using a rotary beater, until satiny and fluffy.• a rotary dial phone• Telephones used to have slower rotary dials.• Between these two displays are the rotary encoder control and four push buttons.• Not long after our purchase, the rotary engine, well, melted.• Men's razors some in two styles, either with a foil head or with rotary heads.• This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt's engine to provide rotary motion.• the rotary movement of the helicopter's blades• The Linotype machine and high-capacity rotary press produced mass circulation newspapers, which-until radio and television came along-largely replaced personal-encounter politics.• There were about 45 rotary steam corn mills built before 1800.

rotary2 noun (plural rotaries) [countableC]

American EnglishAmEx-ref a roundabout 〔交叉路口的〕环岛

Origin rotary

(1700-1800) Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota; → ROTATE

词汇	rotary
释义	rotary Word family adjectiverotalrotaryrotatablerotationalrotativerotatorynounRotameterrotaplaneRotarianRotarianismrotationrotatorRotavatorrotavirusrotaverbrotaterotavate Related topics: Engineering ro·ta·ry1 /ˈrəʊtəri $ ˈroʊ-/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] 1 TURNturning in a circle around a fixed point, like a wheel 旋转的，转动的 the rotary movement of the helicopter blades 直升机螺旋桨叶的转动 2 TEhaving a main part that turns like a wheel 有旋转部件的 a rotary engine 旋转式发动机 Examples from the Corpus rotary• Beat in eggs one at a time, using a rotary beater, until satiny and fluffy.• a rotary dial phone• Telephones used to have slower rotary dials.• Between these two displays are the rotary encoder control and four push buttons.• Not long after our purchase, the rotary engine, well, melted.• Men's razors some in two styles, either with a foil head or with rotary heads.• This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt's engine to provide rotary motion.• the rotary movement of the helicopter's blades• The Linotype machine and high-capacity rotary press produced mass circulation newspapers, which-until radio and television came along-largely replaced personal-encounter politics.• There were about 45 rotary steam corn mills built before 1800. rotary2 noun (plural rotaries) [countableC] American EnglishAmEx-ref a roundabout 〔交叉路口的〕环岛 Origin rotary (1700-1800) Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota; → ROTATE
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