rotate, revolve, roll, spin, turn, whirl,circle這幾個(gè)動(dòng)詞有“轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)、旋轉(zhuǎn)”的意思。區(qū)別如下：

▲rotate?多指物體圍繞自己的軸或中心旋轉(zhuǎn)。如：

The earth rotates on its axis.?地球繞地軸自轉(zhuǎn)。

It is best to allow the rotor to rotatefreely.?最好讓轉(zhuǎn)子自由旋轉(zhuǎn)。

Each joint can rotate through an angle of90.?每個(gè)聯(lián)軸節(jié)都能以90°角活動(dòng)。

How long does it take for the dial torotate through a full circle??刻度盤轉(zhuǎn)一整圈需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間？

有時(shí)也用于引申義。如：

She rotated around the departments to get aflavour of all aspects of the business.?她到各部門巡視了一圈，以了解一下公司各方面的大致?tīng)顩r。

▲revolve?多指物體圍繞本身以外的中心旋轉(zhuǎn)。如：

The earth orbits the sun.?地球繞太陽(yáng)運(yùn)行。

The room began to revolve, then shefainted.?屋子開(kāi)始旋轉(zhuǎn)，接著她昏倒了。

It takes approximately 365 and a quarterdays for the earth to revolve around the sun.?地球繞太陽(yáng)1?周大約需要365?天。

有時(shí)也用于引申義。如：

Her life revolves around the family.?她一生都以家庭為中心。

His world view revolves around a battlebetween rich and poor.?他的世界觀環(huán)繞著貧富之爭(zhēng)。

She thinks the world revolves around herand her schedule.?她以為全世界就以她和她的時(shí)間表為中心。

▲roll?主要指某物在平面上滾動(dòng)或翻滾。如：

A heavy mist rolled over the fields.?原野上大霧瀰漫。

Large drops of sweat rolled down her face.?大顆汗珠從她臉上落下來(lái)。

The car rolled over the edge of the cliff.?汽車從懸崖邊翻了出去。

She rolled her eyes in sheer exasperation.?她氣急敗壞地轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)著眼珠。

The children rolled down the grassy bank.?孩子們沿著長(zhǎng)滿草的斜坡磙下。

We could only watch in disbelief as the carrolled into the water.?我們只得難以置信地睜眼看汽車翻入水里。

▲spin?多指沿內(nèi)軸迅速而連續(xù)旋轉(zhuǎn)，或沿外部一個(gè)點(diǎn)作快速圓周運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。如：

The wheel can now spin freely.?輪子現(xiàn)在可以順暢地轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)了。

The car had spun through 180 degrees onimpact.?這輛車由于受到?jīng)_撞轉(zhuǎn)了180度。

He could feel his head spinning after onlyone drink.?他只喝了一杯就覺(jué)得天旋地轉(zhuǎn)了。

The secret of making the ball spin is inthe wrist action.?使球旋轉(zhuǎn)的秘訣在于手腕的動(dòng)作。

▲turn?普通用詞，中性，含義不確切，可以指轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)方向，也可指作一個(gè)圓周運(yùn)動(dòng)或連續(xù)地作圓周運(yùn)動(dòng)，或指僅是沿圓的弧形轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)。如：

He turned the car in a tight circle.?他將車來(lái)了個(gè)急轉(zhuǎn)。

She turned her head away in disdain.?她不屑地把頭轉(zhuǎn)了過(guò)去。

You have to turn the handle and then pullit towards you.?你得先轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)把手，然后再拉。

As they turned the corner all the parcelsslid to one side.?他們拐過(guò)街角時(shí)，所有的包裹都滑到了一邊。

He turned his eyes to the door when heheard the handle turning.?聽(tīng)到門把手轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的聲音，他向門看去。

可用于引申義。如：

She turned the conversation to her work.?她把話題轉(zhuǎn)到了她的工作上。

The conversation turned to holidays in France.?談話轉(zhuǎn)到了在法國(guó)度假的事情上。

▲whirl?指旋轉(zhuǎn)或作圓周運(yùn)動(dòng)，側(cè)重急速或力量。如：

Leaves whirled in eddies of wind.?樹(shù)葉在風(fēng)的旋渦中飛轉(zhuǎn)。

I whirled her round the dance hall.?我?guī)е谖璩乩雉骠嫫鹞琛?/p>

The smoke began to whirl and grew into amonstrous column.?濃煙開(kāi)始盤旋上升，形成了一個(gè)巨大的煙柱。

▲circle?指轉(zhuǎn)圈、盤旋，或指類似地作圓周運(yùn)動(dòng)。如：

We circled round the island.?他們環(huán)島而行。

The helicopter was circling slowly, verylow.?直升飛機(jī)在低空慢慢盤旋。

Vultures circled in slow spirals above thecamp.?兀鷲在營(yíng)地上空緩慢盤旋。

The plane circled for an hour beforereceiving permission to land.?飛機(jī)盤旋一小時(shí)后才接到允許著陸的命令。