cartwheel
cartwheel — 名詞
- cartwheelsingular
- cartwheelsplural
1. a large wheel made of wood with a metal band around its outside edge, used on ca
車輪
馬車或手推車上的大木輪
a large wheel made of wood with a metal band around its outside edge, used on carts and wagons pulled by animals
The old cartwheel had a metal band wrapped tightly around its outer edge.
老舊的車輪外緣緊緊地箍著一圈金屬帶。
typical adjectives: old, broken, heavy, wooden
Elena leaned the heavy cartwheel against the garden wall.
Elena 把那沉重的車輪靠在花園的牆上。
Beside the path lay a broken cartwheel covered in dry mud.
小路旁躺著一個破損的車輪，上面滿是乾泥。
The farmer fixed the cartwheel with a new block of wood.
農夫用一塊新木頭修好了車輪。
A cartwheel from a market cart stood beside the shop door.
一個市場推車的車輪立在商店門旁。
- wagon wheel
nearly identical; 'wagon wheel' is more common in everyday speech
2. a sideways acrobatic skill: placing one hand then the other on the ground, swing
側手翻
體操中側身用手撐地翻轉的動作
a sideways acrobatic skill: placing one hand then the other on the ground, swinging your legs up and over your body, and landing back on your feet, the whole body rotating like a wheel
Ingrid did a perfect cartwheel across the grass at the summer picnic.
Ingrid 在夏日野餐時於草地上做了一個完美的側手翻。
collocation: 'do a cartwheel'
Zara wobbled, lost her balance, and landed on her bottom while trying her first cartwheel.
Zara 試著做第一個側手翻時，搖搖晃晃失去平衡，一屁股坐在地上。
Keiko placed both hands on the mat, kicked her legs sideways, and completed a steady cartwheel.
Keiko 雙手撐在墊子上，雙腳側向踢出，完成了一個穩穩的側手翻。
The coach asked each child to show their best cartwheel.
教練讓每個孩子展示他們最好的側手翻。
Amara's cartwheel was so smooth that the whole class clapped.
Amara 的側手翻非常流暢，全班都鼓起掌來。
- handspring
a similar move but usually done forward or backward rather than sideways
- roundoff
a cartwheel that lands with both feet together, used in gymnastics routines
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (WAGON WHEEL) — this sense refers to the body movement, not a physical wheel. Countable: you do 'a cartwheel,' not 'cartwheel.'
常見錯誤
cartwheel — 動詞
- cartwheelpresent simple I / you / we / they
- cartwheelshe / she / it
- cartwheeledpast simple
- cartwheeling-ing form
1. to turn your body sideways, placing your hands on the ground one after the other
側翻
以側手翻的動作翻轉身體
to turn your body sideways, placing your hands on the ground one after the other and swinging your legs up and over before landing back on your feet
Noor cartwheeled across the empty room, laughing with pure joy.
Noor 側翻穿過空房間，開心地笑著。
pattern: 'cartwheeled + across + place'
The boy cartwheeled down the hill and fell into a pile of leaves.
男孩從山坡上側翻下來，跌進了一堆落葉中。
Mei-Lin cartwheeled twice before stopping, her face bright red.
Mei-Lin 翻了兩次側翻才停下來，滿臉通紅。
The dancers cartwheeled one after another across the stage.
舞者們一個接一個地側翻過舞台。
After the race, Kwame cartwheeled past the finish line in celebration.
比賽結束後，Kwame 側翻著通過終點線以示慶祝。
文法句型
cartwheel + adverb of direction (across, down, past)
用法筆記
Intransitive — you cannot 'cartwheel something.' Usually followed by a word showing direction or path, such as 'across,' 'down,' or 'past.'