revolve

英 [rɪˈvɒlv]

美 [rɪˈvɑːlv]

v.  旋转; 环绕; 转动

第三人称单数：revolves　过去式：revolved　现在分词：revolving　过去分词：revolved　

CET6考研IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8409 / COCA.7394

同义词辨析

rotatecirclerevolvespinwhirl【导航词义：转动、旋转】

短语用例

revolve around/round sth

• 绕…旋转（或做圆周运动）
  to move around sth in a circle
  1. The fan revolved slowly.
     电扇缓慢地转动着。
  2. The earth revolves on its axis.
     地球环绕自身的轴心转动。

revolve around/round sb/sth

• 围绕；以…为中心；将…作为主要兴趣（或主题）
  to have sb/sth as the main interest or subject

牛津词典

verb

• 旋转；环绕；转动
  to go in a circle around a central point
  1. The fan revolved slowly.
     电扇缓慢地转动着。
  2. The earth revolves on its axis.
     地球环绕自身的轴心转动。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 围绕;以…为中心;以…为主要特征
  If you say that one thingrevolves aroundanother thing, you mean that the second thing is the main feature or focus of the first thing.
  1. Since childhood, her life has revolved around tennis...
     从孩童时期开始，她的生活就以网球为中心。
  2. This plot revolves around a youngster who is shown various stages of his life.
     这个故事情节围绕着一个年轻人展开，描述了他人生的各个阶段。
• VERB (讨论或对话)以…为主题，围绕
  If a discussion or conversationrevolves arounda particular topic, it is mainly about that topic.
  1. The debate revolves around specific accounting techniques...
     这场争论的焦点是具体的会计技术。
  2. The conversation revolved around the terrible condition of the road.
     这次对话主要讨论这条路的糟糕路况。
• VERB 围绕…旋转
  If one objectrevolves aroundanother object, the first object turns in a circle around the second object.
  1. The satellite revolves around the Earth once every hundred minutes.
     这颗人造卫星每100分钟围绕地球旋转一周。
• V-ERG （使）旋转;（使）转动
  When somethingrevolvesor when yourevolveit, it moves or turns in a circle around a central point or line.
  1. Overhead, the fan revolved slowly...
     风扇在头顶上缓缓地转动着。
  2. Monica picked up her Biro and revolved it between her teeth.
     莫妮卡拿起她的伯罗圆珠笔，放在牙齿间转动着。

英英释义

verb

• cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
  1. She rolled the ball
  2. They rolled their eyes at his words
  Synonym:roll
• move in an orbit
  1. The moon orbits around the Earth
  2. The planets are orbiting the sun
  3. electrons orbit the nucleus
  Synonym:orborbit
• turn on or around an axis or a center
  1. The Earth revolves around the Sun
  2. The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
  Synonym:go aroundrotate

双语例句

• 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。
• Many of our customs such as marriage and education revolve around this reality of slow development.
  我们许多风俗习惯，比如婚姻和教育，就是围绕着这个缓慢的进展而旋转。
• The world does not revolve on an axis.
  这个世界可不是围绕一个轴转动的。
• Monica picked up her Biro and revolved it between her teeth.
  莫妮卡拿起她的伯罗圆珠笔，放在牙齿间转动着。
• Planar mechanisms utilizing only lower pairs are called planar linkages, they may include only revolve and prismatic pairs.
  仅采用低副的平面机构叫做平面连杆机构，可以只包括转动副和棱形副。
• The room began to revolve, then he fainted.
  屋子开始旋转，然后他就昏倒了。
• Today our children's lives often revolve around television, video games and computers.
  今天，我们的儿童的生命往往围绕着电视，视频游戏和电脑。
• Some of our most popular lists revolve around bizarre things, books, movies, music, and religion.
  一些最受欢迎的列表总是一些奇异的事物，书籍，电影，音乐和宗教。
• Therefore must revolve the leisure entertainment for the central annotation this hotel style and the function.
  因此要围绕休闲娱乐为中心诠释该酒店的风格与作用。
• A lot of these techniques revolve around agreeing and disagreeing.
  这些技巧中有许多是和同意和反对有关的。