somersault

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/|/ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt/    美 /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
动词 v.
  1. To perform a somersault.
    — The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.

词形变化

somersaults plural somerset alternative,archaic summersault alternative,archaic somersaults present,singular,third-person somersaulting participle,present somersaulted participle,past somersaulted past somerset alternative,archaic summersault alternative,archaic

词源

词源 1
From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut.
Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).
词源 2
From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut.
Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).
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