A somersault. Also figurative: †a hyperbole, an exaggeration (obsolete rare).
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| 释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > somersault (16) supersault1503 A somersault. Also figurative: †a hyperbole, an exaggeration (obsolete rare). somersault1530 A leap or spring in which a person turns heels over head in the air and alights on his feet; esp. such a feat as performed by acrobats or… tumbling cast1530 a somersault; a fall, overthrow. sobersaulta1533 A somersault. somerset1591 = somersault, n. turn-over1660 The action of turning over, in various senses: see quots.; (Polit. slang) a transference of votes from one party to another. pitch-pole1842 An instance of falling headlong or of being upended, a somersault; the game of turning head over heels, somersaulting. Now English regional. spin1842 A head-over-heels movement; a somersault. salto mortale1896 a daring or flying leap (as of a trapeze artist, etc.); also figurative, a step that involves risk; an unjustified inference, a ‘leap of faith’. flip-flop1902 A somersault. Cf. flip-flap, n. 3a. U.S. Subcategories:— types of (3) — lateral or cartwheel (3) |
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