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单词 axel
释义

axel

noun

ax·​el ˈak-səl How to pronounce axel (audio) ˈäk- How to pronounce axel (audio)
often capitalized
: a jump in figure skating from the outer forward edge of one skate with 1¹/₂ turns taken in the air and a return to the outer backward edge of the other skate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web As an analogy: the axel is considered one of the toughest and most spectacular stunts in figure skating. Michael Peres, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2022 The 22-year-old scored a world record 113.97 in the short program Tuesday at the Beijing Winter Games, in a performance that included a quad flip, a triple axel and a quad lutz-triple toeloop combo. NBC News, 8 Feb. 2022 In 2018, Nagasu’s triple axel was the coveted skill at the Olympics. New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022 That applied force is then carried down the handle to the axel, which subsequently turns the wheels. Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2022 The edge jumps are the loop, the salchow and the axel, while the toe jumps are the toe loop, the flip and the lutz. Nadine El-bawab, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2022 Chen fell and failed to complete his required combination jump, stepped out of a quadruple toe-loop jump, and put his hands down on the ice in landing a triple-axel jump. Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022 The 4-foot-11 14-year-old falls on her opening jump, a double axel, but lands six triple jumps, three in combination, in her program. Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2022 In fact, the 24-year-old has been working on restoring a 1969 Ford SUV and chronicled the project on her TikTok account @syds_garage, sharing videos of everything from rebuilding the back axel to wire brushing rust. Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Axel Paulsen †1938 Norwegian figure skater

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Biographical Definition

Axel

biographical name

Ax·​el ˈak-səl How to pronounce Axel (audio)
Richard 1946–     American biochemist
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