somersault
翻筋斗,翻跟头,筋斗云,翻跟斗
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Definitions
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- : an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- : such a movement performed in the air as part of a dive, tumbling routine, etc.
- : a complete overturn or reversal, as of opinion.
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- : to perform a somersault.
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Examples
In 1950, he married June Biber, a Chicago classmate, and performed a standing somersault at the wedding.
Their fluttering punches and somersaults, or relative stillness, may unconsciously condition us to expect chaos or calm from our baby-to-be, training us to be the best mom for the job.
Instead of making his mouth do somersaults, Wallen centers himself in the music, focusing on his lungs, his throat.
Anything more complicated than a somersault looks like a cutscene from a PlayStation game.
This, and no other, is the explanation of that remarkable somersault in Napoleon's diplomacy which followed in the next few weeks.
This was apparently a complete somersault, for it meant that either Alexander must yield or the alliance would be jeopardized.
At any rate he tripped on the edge of a rug, almost turned a somersault, blacked his eye and cried for half an hour.
Your abolition government may turn a somersault some fine morning.
And with the recovery of the name Quin's mind did another somersault.