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

双语例句

• Bent-Body double Backward somersault with arms hanging is Huang Liping's expert trick on the parallel Bars.
  屈体向后空翻两周成双臂垂悬是黄利平在双杠项目上的特技。
• He slumped with his shoulder on the door handle, the door opened and he fell out of the car in a backward somersault to land on his face in the mud.
  他肩膀撞在门把上，把车门撞开；接着一个倒栽葱翻到车外，脸朝下摔在泥地上。
• Darwin's lack of balance or visual cues led me to doubt the likelihood of his learning even the basics of trampoline, much less a somersault.
  达尔文的缺乏平衡或视觉的开端领导我甚至怀疑他的学问可能弹网的基本，更加更少一个翻筋斗。
• And he leapt into the air and did a little somersault.
  他跳到空中翻了一个小筋斗。
• Turn a somersault in the sea!
  翻一个筋斗在海中！
• While I am pleased, when a moment's inattention and feet are a thing stumbled a bit, down a big somersault.
  正当我高兴的时候，一不留神，脚被一个东西绊了一下，跌了一个大跟头。
• He runs from one end of the car, first in the direction the train is going, and does a complete somersault in the air, landing on his feet.
  他从车厢的一头跑到另一头，先顺着车行驶的方向在空中来一个完整的空翻，双脚着地。
• 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。
• "Turn a somersault in the sea," cried the mock turtle.
  “在海里翻一个跟斗？”假海龟叫道。
• Your legs should be relaxed with the feet falling out wards, your arms by your sides with the hands relaxed and the palms facing upwards. Bent-Body double Backward somersault with arms hanging is Huang Liping's expert trick on the parallel Bars.
  两腿放松，双脚自然向外分开，双臂垂放在身体两侧，掌心向上。屈体向后空翻两周成双臂垂悬是黄利平在双杠项目上的特技。