rotate

回転させる、回す

物を中心となる点のまわりで回す。

やさしい英語で： To turn something around a central point.

• Rotate the handle to open the door.
• She rotated the picture until it was upright.
• Can you rotate the screen a little?

使い方： rotate something by an angle (Rotate the image by ninety degrees.)

類義語： turn, spin

よく使う表現： rotate the image, rotate something clockwise, rotate the handle

回転する、回る

中心となる点や軸のまわりを回る。

やさしい英語で： To move in a circle around a central point or line.

• The wheel rotates slowly.
• The fan blades rotated above our heads.
• How long does this planet take to rotate once?

使い方： rotate on/about an axis (The Earth rotates on its axis.)

類義語： turn, spin, revolve

よく使う表現： rotate slowly, rotate on something, rotate clockwise

交代する、順番に替える

人や物が順番に担当するように、仕事や位置、役割を定期的に替える。

やさしい英語で： To change jobs, positions, or tasks in a regular order so that people or things take turns.

• We rotate jobs every week.
• The nurses rotated between day and night shifts.
• Farmers rotate crops to keep the soil healthy.

使い方： rotate between/among things (The trainees rotate between three departments.); rotate something among people (We rotate cleaning duties among all team members.)

類義語： alternate, take turns

よく使う表現： rotate duties, rotate crops, rotate between jobs

機首を上げる

離陸するとき、地面を離れる直前に飛行機の機首を上げる。

やさしい英語で： To raise an aircraft's front end during takeoff, just before it leaves the ground.

• The aircraft began to rotate.
• The pilot rotated too early during takeoff.
• At the correct speed, rotate gently and lift off.

よく使う表現： rotate for takeoff, rotate at speed

車輪状の

中心から外へ部分が広がり、車輪のような形をしている。

やさしい英語で： Shaped like a wheel, with parts spreading outward from the center.

• The flower has a rotate corolla.
• Its rotate corolla spreads flat around the center.
• The botanist compared two plants with rotate flowers.

類義語： wheel-shaped

よく使う表現： rotate corolla, rotate flower, rotate shape