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

• "Turn a somersault in the sea," cried the mock turtle.
  “在海里翻一个跟斗？”假海龟叫道。
• Sand-surfing isn't as easy as it appears, the speed could be high, a lot people were doing somersault, here is what a "pro" looked like.
  沙漠冲浪，速度也可以很快的，有不少人半山腰折了在那儿翻跟斗，瞧瞧，真正高手的架势是这个样子的。
• 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。
• And he leapt into the air and did a little somersault.
  他跳到空中翻了一个小筋斗。
• A variety of body movements somersault with a wealth of weapons systems the perfect combination to reproduce swept through the Western Front battlefield glory moment it!
  多样的机身空翻动作与丰富的武器系统的完美组合，来重现席卷整个西线战场的辉煌时刻吧！
• He slammed his head into the tower on the second somersault, fracturing his skull.
  他在做第二周翻腾时，头撞到了高台，撞碎了头盖骨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。