somersault
/ˈsʌməsɔːlt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsʌmərsɔːlt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsə-mər-ˌsȯlt/ (ame, mw) · /ˈsʌm.ə.sɔːlt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɑːlt/ (ame, ipa)
somersault — 名詞
- somersaultsingular
- somersaultsplural
1. an acrobatic move where you roll or jump so your feet go up over your head and b
翻筋斗；空翻
雙腳越過頭頂的翻轉動作
an acrobatic move where you roll or jump so your feet go up over your head and back down, landing right-side up again.
Xiu performed a perfect backward somersault off the diving board into the pool.
Xiu 從跳水板上後空翻完美入水。
collocation: perform a somersault
The gymnast finished her floor routine with three quick somersaults across the mat.
體操選手以連續三個翻筋斗結束她的地板動作。
collocation: do/finish a somersault
Bao landed badly after a forward somersault and bruised his shoulder on the grass.
Bao 做前空翻時落地不穩，肩膀在草地上擦傷了。
Children at the park were doing somersaults down the small grassy hill all afternoon.
公園裡的孩子整個下午在小草坡上翻筋斗。
The motorbike spun into a slow somersault through the air before crashing into the sand.
那輛機車在空中緩緩翻了一個筋斗，最後墜入沙地。
- flip
informal; covers any rotation in the air, not only feet-over-head
- tumble
less athletic; can mean a clumsy fall as well as a controlled roll
- handspring
specifically goes through the hands; somersault doesn't have to
文法句型
do/perform/turn a somersault
用法筆記
Frequently used with the verbs 'do', 'perform', or 'turn'; the modifiers 'forward' and 'backward' specify direction.
常見錯誤
somersault — 動詞
- somersaultpresent simple I / you / we / they
- somersaults3rd person singular
- somersaulting-ing form
- somersaultedpast simple
1. to flip your body forward or backward, lifting your feet up and over your head u
翻筋斗
身體騰空頭下腳上地翻轉
to flip your body forward or backward, lifting your feet up and over your head until you land upright again.
Faisal somersaulted down the soft slope behind his grandmother's house every summer afternoon.
Faisal 每個夏天午後都在外婆家後面的軟坡上翻筋斗。
intransitive: somersault + directional phrase
The young dancer somersaulted across the stage to wild applause from the audience.
那位年輕舞者翻著筋斗橫越舞臺，觀眾報以熱烈掌聲。
intransitive: somersault + across/over/down
Maeve somersaulted forward off the trampoline and landed neatly on the safety mat below.
Maeve 從彈簧床上前翻而下，乾淨俐落地落在安全墊上。
A circus acrobat somersaulted three times in the air before catching the swinging trapeze.
一名馬戲團特技演員在空中連翻三個筋斗，才接住擺盪過來的吊桿。
文法句型
somersault + adverbial of direction
用法筆記
Usually followed by a directional adverbial (across, down, over, forward, backward) rather than a direct object.
常見錯誤
2. (of a vehicle or object) to flip end over end; or to cause something to do this.
翻滾；翻覆
車輛或物體頭尾相續地翻轉
(of a vehicle or object) to flip end over end; or to cause something to do this.
The car somersaulted twice down the embankment before stopping against a thick pine tree.
那輛車沿著路堤翻滾了兩圈，最後撞上一棵粗壯的松樹才停下。
subject is a vehicle; intransitive
Andrei accidentally somersaulted his toy plane off the table while reaching for his juice.
Andrei 伸手拿果汁時，不小心把玩具飛機從桌上翻落下來。
transitive: somersault + object
Heavy waves somersaulted the small fishing boat before the coastguard managed to reach it.
大浪把那艘小漁船翻得幾乎傾覆，海巡隊才及時趕到救援。
Talia watched as the falling box somersaulted twice before bursting open on the warehouse floor.
Talia 看著掉落的箱子在倉庫地板上翻滾兩次後爆開。
文法句型
[thing] somersault
[person] somersault [thing]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the subject is typically a vehicle, object, or projectile, not a person voluntarily doing the action.