cartwheel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/    美 /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wheel of a cart.
    — Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, artillery wheel
  2. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.
  3. A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. UK,historical,obsolete,slang
    — Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
  4. A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979. US,historical,obsolete,slang
动词 v.
  1. To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.
  2. To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft.
    — The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line.

词形变化

cartwheels plural cartwheels present,singular,third-person cartwheeling participle,present cartwheeled participle,past cartwheeled past

词汇关系

衍生词
cartwheeler cartwheel hat splitwheel

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Old Norse kartrbor.
Proto-Germanic *kradô
Proto-West Germanic *krat
Old English crætder.
Middle English cart
English cart
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English cartwheel
From cart + wheel.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Old Norse kartrbor.
Proto-Germanic *kradô
Proto-West Germanic *krat
Old English crætder.
Middle English cart
English cart
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English cartwheel
From cart + wheel.
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