somersaults

英 [ˈsʌməsɔːlts]

美 [ˈsʌmərsɔːlts]

n.  滚翻; 空翻; 筋斗
v.  做滚翻; 做空翻
somersault的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Peggy showed off her new dancing steps and walter, not to be outdone in a matter of entertaining visitors, his prowess at handstands, cartwheels and backward somersaults.
  佩吉卖弄了她的舞步，而沃尔特在讨好观众方面也不甘示弱，就拿出了倒立、横翻筋斗和后翻筋斗的拿手好戏。
• A gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
  表演翻筋斗和扭曲的体操运动员。
• He practised standing on his head and turning somersaults.
  他练习倒立和翻筋斗。
• Diving requires skillful take offs, followed by forward or backward somersaults and twists in straight, pike or tuck positions and then, if all goes well, a clean entry.
  跳水要求娴熟的起跳，紧接着是空中向前或向后翻筋斗，和直体、屈体或团身转体，如果动作完成顺利，最后是干净利落的入水。
• Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.
  在空中或地面上向后翻筋斗的鸽子。
• There were dizzy bees bow-tied fruit flies turning somersaults and humming in the air.
  那里有令人头晕的蜜蜂和打着领结的果蝇翻跟头，在空中嗡嗡鸣唱。
• Study on Jumps of Triple Somersaults of Women's Aerials in the Last Four Olympic Winter Games
  历届冬奥会女子自由式滑雪空中技巧三周动作研究
• They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
  他们还在院子里一通杂耍，翻着跟头，玩着侧手翻。
• I told you not to do somersaults, didn't I?
  我告诉过你不要翻筋斗了，是不是？
• Thank God your music's not like your somersaults!
  感谢上帝你的音乐不像你的筋斗！