| 单词 | q-figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQ-figure 4. Skating. In full Q-figure. Used allusively with reference to the shape of the letter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > figure > specific figure or movement spread eagle1823 Q1852 grapevine1868 loop1869 rocking turn1869 Mohawk1880 vine1891 bracket1892 Choctaw1892 counter1892 rocker1892 scud1892 three1895 toe-spin1921 death spiral1933 1852 G. Anderson Art Skating vi. 73 The Q Figure. Start with a curve on the outside forwards, then change the edge to inside forwards, and finish with a circle outside backwards, all on the one foot, without setting down the other. 1869 H. E. Vandervell Syst. Figure-skating x. 192 Let a curve of inside forwards be described, and, when some distance has been traversed, a change of edge is effected..on which Turn C is made, and the resulting curve of inside backwards continued until the circle or body of the Q is complete. 1930 Times 10 Feb. 15/5 He would not..cry..‘Hm! 'customed to ponds and such-like,’ while gazing at the execution of a reverse Q. 1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 559/2 A difficult but beautiful figure called the Q... The figure bears a pretty distinct resemblance to the letter. 1952 E. Jones Figure Skating (rev. ed.) xiv. 263 What is known in England as the 'Q' waltz is a variation of the double Change-of-Edge mentioned above. < as lemmas |
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