revolve

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈvɒlv/    美 /ɹɪˈvɑlv/|/ɹɪˈvɔlv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.
  2. The rotating section itself.
    — […] a revolving stage, two-level platforms stage left and stage right, and a large bridge that connected the platforms midstage, twelve feet up off the revolve.
  3. A radical change; revolution. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore. archaic,transitive
  2. To cause (something) to turn around a central point. transitive
  3. To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body). intransitive
    — The Earth revolves around the sun.
  4. To rotate around an axis. intransitive
    — The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours.
  5. To move in order or sequence. intransitive
    — The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.
  6. To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. archaic,transitive
    — These are the difficulties which arise to me on revolving this scheme […].
  7. To read through, to study (a book, author etc.). obsolete,transitive
    — This having heard, strait I again revolv’d / The Law and Prophets.

词形变化

revolves present,singular,third-person revolving participle,present revolved participle,past revolved past revolves plural

词汇关系

衍生词
revolvable revolve around revolvement revolvency revolver the world doesn't revolve around you unrevolved
相关词
revolution

词源

词源 1
From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.
词源 2
From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.
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