rotate + noun
rotate 作形容词时是植物学等专业领域的术语,通常放在名词前作定语。
The flower has a rotate corolla that spreads out like a wheel.
这朵花有一圈轮状的花冠,像车轮一样展开。
部件像车轮一样展开;轮状的;辐状的
Having parts arranged like the spokes of a wheel; wheel-shaped.
部件像车轮一样展开;轮状的
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
The botanist pointed to the rotate corolla, explaining that its petals spread outward like the spokes of a wheel.
植物学家指着那个轮状花冠,解释说它的花瓣像车轮的辐条一样向外展开。
用法提示:这里 rotate 是形容词,修饰 corolla,表示花冠呈轮状展开。
We identified the plant by its rotate flower, whose five petals radiate evenly from the center.
我们通过它那轮状的花来辨认这种植物,花的五个花瓣从中心均匀地向四周放射。
用法提示:rotate 作定语修饰 flower,传达花瓣像轮子一样从中心展开的形状。
The illustration shows a rotate bloom, with each petal placed like a spoke around the middle.
这幅插图展示了一朵轮状的花,每个花瓣都像轮辐一样环绕着中央分布。
用法提示:rotate 作前置定语修饰 bloom,强调花朵的轮状形态。
rotate 作形容词时是植物学等专业领域的术语,通常放在名词前作定语。
The flower has a rotate corolla that spreads out like a wheel.
这朵花有一圈轮状的花冠,像车轮一样展开。
作表语时多见于专业文献,日常英语中极少这样用。
In this species, the corolla is rotate rather than tubular.
在这个物种中,花冠是轮状的,而不是管状的。
grammar · medium
易错句子This plant has rotating petals that spread out like a wheel.
正确表达This plant has rotate petals that spread out like a wheel.
rotate 在这里是形容词,表示“轮状的”,描述花瓣展开的静态形状;rotating 是动词 rotate 的现在分词,意为“正在旋转”,会把静止的形状写成持续转动的动作。要表达“轮状”这一形状,直接用形容词 rotate。
grammar · medium
易错句子The plant is known for its rotated corolla.
正确表达The plant is known for its rotate corolla.
rotate 本身就兼作形容词,意为“轮状展开的”,所以修饰 corolla 时无须再加 -d;rotated 是过去分词,带“被转动过”的被动动作义,用来描述花冠形状会造成错误的动作含义。表示形状应使用形容词 rotate。
轮状花冠(花冠筒短,裂片像车轮一样向外展开)
The tomato plant bears small rotate corollas with five pointed lobes.
番茄开有小巧的轮状花冠,具五枚尖裂片。
轮状花(花瓣平展、形如车轮的花)
Each rotate flower has a short tube and petals that spread out flat.
每朵轮状花都有短花筒,花瓣平展张开。
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