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revolve

verb
🔊/rɪˈvɒlv/
🔊/rɪˈvɑːlv/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they revolve
🔊/rɪˈvɒlv/
🔊/rɪˈvɑːlv/
he / she / it revolves
🔊/rɪˈvɒlvz/
🔊/rɪˈvɑːlvz/
past simple revolved
🔊/rɪˈvɒlvd/
🔊/rɪˈvɑːlvd/
past participle revolved
🔊/rɪˈvɒlvd/
🔊/rɪˈvɑːlvd/
-ing form revolving
🔊/rɪˈvɒlvɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈvɑːlvɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to go in a circle around a central point旋转；环绕；转动
    • The fan revolved slowly.电扇缓慢地转动着。🔊🔊
    • The earth revolves on its axis.地球环绕自身的轴心转动。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The fan was revolving very slowly风扇旋转很慢
    • All planets revolve on an axis.所有行星都绕轴旋转。
    • The ceiling fan revolved slowly overhead.吊扇在头顶缓缓旋转。
    • You can get a revolving bookstand for about $150.您可以以约$ 150的价格获得旋转书架。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRevolve is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • earth
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘turn (the eyes) back’, ‘restore’, ‘consider’): from Latin revolvere, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’.