a. 回转的, 旋转的, 旋转式的

[经] 循环, 周转

Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Revolving}.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re-
+ volvere to roll, turn round. See {Voluble}, and cf.
{Revolt}, {revolution}.]
1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel;
to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this
sense.

If the earth revolve thus, each house near the
equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.
Watts.

2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets
revolve round the sun.

3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.

4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.


Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also
figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the
revolution of the earth.

But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.

Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.

{Revolving firearm}. See {Revolver}.

{Revolving light}, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so
arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light
only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally
intercepted by a revolving screen.