单词 | hand plant |
释义 | > as lemmashand plant hand plant n. (a) the hand-flower tree, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon; (b) an aerial manoeuvre in skateboarding, snowboarding, etc., involving the placing of a hand on the top edge of a curved ramp or other incline, esp. a half-pipe, while moving upwards, allowing the body to rotate above the head and free of the ramp before descending. ΚΠ 1825 J. Conder Mod. Traveller: Mexico & Guatimala I. 179 This is the arbol de las manitas, or hand-plant. 1892 Gardening Illustr. 12 Dec. 341/3 (heading) The Mexican hand-plant. 1982 M. W. Mathias Flowering Plants in Landscape i. 32 Chiranthodendron pentadactylon... Mexican hand plant. 1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. 1 Parvin, 23, and other skaters spend countless hours learning and perfecting ‘kick turns’, ‘hand plants’, ‘ollies’ and other skating tricks on ramps. 1991 R. King Rad Boards v. 21/1 If you hang around good skateboarders, maybe you'll see a really good one do ‘inverts’, or ‘hand plants’. 2004 Snowboard UK Jan. 28/1 The event's founder..was on top form showing the new boys how they used to do it with some crazy hand plants and McTwists. < as lemmas |
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