单词 | cartwheel |
释义 | cartwheeln. 1. The wheel of a cart. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. intransitive. To move like a rotating wheel; said esp. of an aeroplane which makes a crash landing on one wing-tip. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1386v.1920 |
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