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

• He did a brilliant backward somersault.
  他翻了个漂亮的后翻跟头。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Exercise Technique Research on Bouble Back Somersault Pike Position in Trampoline
  蹦床运动屈体两周早转后空翻动作技术研究
• The car somersault and landed up in a hedge.
  那辆汽车翻了个跟斗，结果落在一个篱笆上。
• 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。
• When in a duel, he'll definitely flip up using a somersault, then use30 classic lines
  打擂时，一定是翻个跟头上去的，再用30条的经典台词
• When was the last time you did a somersault, anyway?
  再想想，你最后一次翻跟斗是什么时候了的事情了？
• 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。
• I turned a somersault on the lawn.
  我在草地上翻了个跟头。