somersault

英 [ˈsʌməsɔːlt]

美 [ˈsʌmərsɔːlt]

n.  滚翻; 空翻; 筋斗
v.  做滚翻; 做空翻

过去式：somersaulted　复数：somersaults　现在分词：somersaulting　第三人称单数：somersaults　过去分词：somersaulted　

BNC.21180 / COCA.23286

牛津词典

noun

• 滚翻；空翻；筋斗
  a movement in which sb turns over completely, with their feet over their head, on the ground or in the air
  1. to do/turn a somersault
     做滚翻动作
  2. He turned back somersaults.
     他做了几个后空翻。
  3. Her heart did a complete somersault when she saw him.
     她一见他，心里咯噔了一下。

verb

• 做滚翻；做空翻
  to turn over completely in the air
  1. The car hit the kerb and somersaulted into the air.
     汽车撞到马路牙子上，腾空翻了出去。

柯林斯词典

• 筋斗；跟头
  If someone or something does asomersault, they turn over completely in the air.
• N-COUNT (态度、政策等的) 180 度转变，颠倒
  If you say that someone does asomersault, you mean that they change suddenly from having a particular opinion or policy about something to having a completely different opinion or policy.
  1. What worries some of us is that the Prime Minister may feel simply unable to do a somersault...
     使我们中间的一些人担心的是，首相也许觉得根本就无法做到180度的态度大转变。
  2. In the last 30 years, both sexes have performed a somersault in terms of expectations, roles and relationships.
     最近 30 年里，男性和女性在个人期望、社会角色和人际关系方面都发生了 180 度的大转变。
• VERB (一次或多次)翻筋斗
  If someone or somethingsomersaults, they perform one or more somersaults.
  1. His boat hit a wave and somersaulted at speed...
     他的船撞上了大浪，飞速地翻转着。
  2. I hit him back and he somersaulted down the stairs.
     我还手打了他，他顺着楼梯滚了下去。

英英释义

noun

• an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
  Synonym:somersetsummersaultsummersetsomersaultingflip

verb

• do a somersault

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