do a somersault
collocation翻一个跟头
The child learned to do a somersault in the gym.
孩子在这家体育馆学会了翻跟头。
翻筋斗；跟头
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翻筋斗；跟头
An acrobatic movement in which the body rolls forward or backward with the feet passing over the head.
The gymnast landed safely after completing a perfect somersault in the air.
体操运动员在空中完成一个完美的筋斗后安全落地。
从站立开始,身体在空中或地面旋转360度,双脚越过头部。
Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
一种杂技动作,双脚翻过头顶(向前或向后)并复位
an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
The children practiced doing forward somersaults on the soft mat during gym class.
体育课上，孩子们在软垫上练习做前滚翻。
The clown entertained the audience by performing a backward somersault from a small stool.
小丑站在小凳上表演了一个后空翻，逗乐了观众。
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翻一个跟头
The child learned to do a somersault in the gym.
孩子在这家体育馆学会了翻跟头。
前滚翻
A forward somersault is one of the first moves in gymnastics.
前滚翻是体操中最早学的动作之一。
后滚翻
He practiced a backward somersault on the mat.
他在垫子上练习后滚翻。
空翻两周
The gymnast completed a double somersault in the air.
体操运动员在空中完成了一次空翻两周。
（观点、立场、政策等的）彻底转变；180度大转弯
After fierce criticism, the mayor did a somersault and dropped the plan.
在强烈的批评后，市长来了个180度大转弯，放弃了这个计划。
政治上的突然转变；政策上的大转弯
Her support for the merger was a political somersault for someone who had opposed it for years.
她支持这项合并，对于一个多年来一直反对它的人来说，这无异于政治上的一个大转弯。
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记法：somersault 音似 summer salt，想象夏天在沙滩上翻一个 360° 筋斗，脚过头顶。
语域：neutral 常见场景：体操、杂技表演、日常口语描述 该词为中性词，通常用于体操、杂技或日常描述翻跟头动作；口语和书面语都常见，没有明显的正式或非正式限制。
真正押韵的是以 /ɔlt/ 结尾的词:assault /əˈsɔlt/、fault /fɔlt/、vault /vɔlt/、salt /sɔlt/、halt /hɔlt/,它们和 somersault 的尾音 /sɔlt/ 一致。注意 summer /ˈsʌmɚ/ 与 somersault 的前半部分读音相同,但拼写和结尾不同;拼写中 -sault 容易误读成 /sɔː/,实际读 /sɔlt/。
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