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

• 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。
• Then, he runs back the other way and dose a somersault in the air, only this time against the motion of the train.
  然后他会逆着车行驶的方向奔跑，再来一个空翻。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• His boat hit a wave and somersaulted at speed
  他的船撞上了大浪，飞速地翻转着。
• 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。
• 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。
• I turned a somersault on the lawn.
  我在草地上翻了个跟头。
• 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。