revolve
英[rɪ'vɒlv]
美[rɪ'vɔlv]
- vi. 旋转；循环出现；反复考虑
- vt. 使…旋转；使…循环；反复考虑
- n. 旋转；循环；旋转舞台
词态变化
第三人称单数: revolves;过去式: revolved;过去分词: revolved;现在分词: revolving;
中文词源
revolve 旋转，转动，环绕
re-,向后，往回，再次，-volv,转动，词源同 devolve,evolve,involve.
英文词源
- revolve (v.)
- late 14c., "to change direction, bend around, turn (the eyes) back," from Old French revolver and directly from Latin revolvere "roll back, unroll, unwind; happen again, return; go over, repeat," from re- "back, again" (see re-) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox). In 15c., "to turn over (in the mind or heart), meditate." Meaning "travel around a central point" first recorded 1660s (earlier "cause to travel in an orbit around a central point," mid-15c.). Related: Revolved; revolving.
双语例句
- 1. Mars takes longer to revolve on its axis than the earth.
- 火星自转一周的时间比地球长。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Mars takes longer to revolve on its axis than the earth.
- 火星自转一周的时间比地球长.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The planets revolve around the sun.
- 行星绕着太阳运转.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. Planets revolve about the sun and rotate on their axis.
- 行星在围绕太阳旋转的同时,也绕着它们的自转轴自转.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The wheels began to revolve slowly.
- 车轮开始慢慢转动.
来自辞典例句