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rotary

/roh-tuh-ree/US // ˈroʊ tə ri //UK // (ˈrəʊtərɪ) //

旋转式,旋转,转台,转盘

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : turning or capable of turning around on an axis, as a wheel.
    • : taking place around an axis, as motion.
    • : having a part or parts that turn on an axis, as a machine.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ro·ta·ries.

    • : a rotary device or machine.
    • : Chiefly Northeastern U.S. traffic circle.
    • : Also called rotary converter. Electricity. synchronous converter.
    • : Rotary Club.

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Examples

  • If you’re looking for a more specific tool kit, one for model making and fine detail, you’ll need a great rotary tool.

  • “From the old rotary phone that they were on a waiting list for, to the scooter they all piled on to for a monthly dinner,” — in interviews, Pichai often discusses the impact that technology has had on his own life.

  • After dialing the number on a rotary phone he hears distressed sounds coming from the other end before the line abruptly clicks off.

  • Brainard suspected that the engineer was confusing roundabouts with the much larger, higher-speed rotaries — a forgivable confusion, given the nomenclature.

  • If you prefer your electric shaver with three-blade rotary heads, those happen to be Philips Norelco’s specialty.

  • Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.

  • Bob Bashara was a married Rotary Club president who lived in a ritzy Detroit suburb.

  • There's an old rotary phone and a few yellowed papers on a cluttered old wooden desk.

  • “I think for sure he will,” said Kit Jennings, treasurer of the Spartanburg Rotary Club, which Perry addressed Tuesday.

  • The thwap-thwap-thwap of rotary wings above triggered an intense reaction in Army trauma surgeon Dr. (Maj.) Tara Dixon.

  • The rotary tuner shown in the sketch was designed by a correspondent of Modern Electrics.

  • The Gnome rotary engine was first used with success at this meeting.

  • The first steam engine invented by Hero was a rotary engine, but it was of course, most uneconomical of steam.

  • They not unfrequently acquire a rotary movement, whereby the circumference attains a velocity of several miles per hour.

  • It is by this means that the reciprocating movement of the piston is transformed into a rotary motion of the crank-shaft.