adjective [原级] 绕轴转动的；（机器）有旋转部件的，旋转式的
Invented in 1951, the rotary engine is a revolutionary concept in internal combustion. 1951年发明的旋转引擎是内燃领域的一个革命性观念。
noun [专属名词] <美>环岛，环形交通枢纽；旋转式装置
It's like a rotary phone, where you could turn to a pageboy, or that haircut that looked like a nuclear bomb exploded your bangs, and then the Peter Pan look. 就像个旋转式电话，在那儿你能做个童花头，或者是爆炸式的刘海，再或者一个彼得潘的发型也行。
rot(腐烂) ＋ ary → 流水不腐， 户枢不蠹 → 转动的
- 网友用 “Rotary” 造句精选
- A rotary engine attached to the steam engine enabled shafts to be turned and machines to be driven, resulting in mills using steam power to spin and weave cotton. 连接在蒸汽机上的旋转式发动机使轴承转动，机器得以驱动，从而使得利用蒸汽动力纺线和织布的工厂出现。
- ...turning linear into rotary motion. …变直线运动为旋转运动。
- ...a rotary engine. …一台转缸式发动机。