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单词 cartwheel
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cartwheeln.

Forms: see cart n. and wheel n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cart n., wheel n.
Etymology: < cart n. + wheel n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcartwheel.
1. The wheel of a cart.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > of specific type or position
cartwheelc1386
truckle1459
trundle1564
clog-wheel1575
trindle1594
coach-wheel1647
roulette1659
roller1763
horizontal wheel1794
castora1800
castor-wheel1805
artillery wheel1834
training wheel1848
trailing wheel1850
spider-wheel1868
front wheel1878
trailer1884
trendle1887
wire wheel1907
square wheels1924
jockey-wheel1952
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 549 Twelf spokes hath a cart whel comunly.
1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie ii. i. 152 A drye cart wheel..cryeth and complayneth, vnder a small burden.
1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 342 Armed men, with a clouted shoe and a cart-wheel for their standards.
2. humorously said of a large coin, as a crown or dollar.
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1855 P. T. Barnum Life 21 Talk of ‘cart wheels’, there was never one half so large as that dollar looked to me.
1867 A. Sketchley in Cassell's Mag. 327/1 He..says ‘This 'ere cart wheel's a duffer’.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 195 The old Spanish doubloons..by irreverent travellers from the United States termed ‘cartwheels’.
3. to turn cartwheels: to execute a succession of lateral summersaults, as if the feet and hands were spokes of a wheel; also Catherine-wheels. (Street-boys did this by the side of a moving omnibus, etc., for chance coppers thrown to them.) Also without ‘to turn’ and in singular. Also transferred and attributive.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > somersault > cartwheel
to turn coach-wheels1862
to turn cartwheels1864
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 23 Dec. I saw a little..blackguard boy turning ‘cartwheels’ in front of the Clifton House.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Feb. 4/2 The average music-hall audience..demanding extravagant high-kicking, splits, and cart-wheels.
1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 246 A medley of swift darts, dives, and cart-wheel turns.
1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage xv. 187 The girls in these troupes..must be expert in high kicks, cartwheels, and splits.
1955 Simple Gymnastics (‘Know the Game’ Series) 27/1 Cartwheel. Start from standing aside... Swing your legs up as high as you can and look over your shoulder with the head well back.
1960 B. Keaton My Wonderful World of Slapstick viii. 149 I could do..a series of cartwheels in a circle, without touching hands to the floor.
4. A kind of fire-work. Cf. Catherine wheel n. 3.
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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > rotating or Catherine wheel
firewheel1607
wheel1629
sun1741
sun wheel1749
Catherine wheel1761
pinwheel1765
spur-fire1765
cartwheel1840
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiii. 72 We had..everything..from Chinese fire-works to English cart-wheels.
5. A hat with a wide circular brim. Also attributive.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > somersault > lateral or cartwheel
Catherine wheel1861
cartwheel1884
wheel1904
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim > broad-brimmed > other
petasus1577
bongrace1585
sombrero1770
parachute1786
Pamela hat1802
Gainsborough1878
bloomer1883
cartwheel1884
picture hat1887
cowgirl hat1897
Stetsonc1900
shtreimel1902
Merry Widow1908
ten-gallon hat1928
lemon-squeezer1953
Smokey Bear1969
Akubra1973
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > having a brim > broad-brimmed > types of
Kevenhuller1746
cartwheel1884
Stetsonc1900
Merry Widow1908
Smokey Bear1969
1884 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 169 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wilde to tea, she dressed for the part in..a huge cartwheel Gainsborough hat.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 3/1 Complaints in respect to the cart-wheel hat.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 3/1 The indignant playgoer who happens to be seated directly behind a superb cart-wheel of the latest Parisian make.
1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 99 Four boys in khaki shorts and cartwheel hats of straw.
1959 B. Goolden For Richer, for Poorer iv. 61 They come in to buy a cart~wheel..and they happen to see a completely entrancing cloche.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

cartwheelv.

Etymology: < cartwheel n.
intransitive. To move like a rotating wheel; said esp. of an aeroplane which makes a crash landing on one wing-tip.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > as a wheel
overturn?c1225
wheel?c1225
cartwheel1920
1920 Blackwood's Mag. July 85/1 He cart-wheeled round right-handed to get behind her again.
1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 114 Somervell's axe slipped from his numb fingers and went cart-wheeling down the slopes below.
1928 Daily Express 24 Sept. 7/4 The machine continued to lose height, and suddenly cartwheeled vertically to the ground.
1962 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 1/6 A Carvair aircraft..hit a snow-covered dyke and ‘cartwheeled’ four times as it came in to land.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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