an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet
翻筋斗,空翻
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a backward somersault 后空翻(或后滚翻)
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figurative 〈喻〉Paula's stomach turned a somersault .葆拉胃里翻江倒海。
〈喻〉 (政策或观点的)180度大转变。
perform such an acrobatic feat, or make a similar movement accidentally
翻筋斗
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his car somersaulted into a ditch .他的车翻到了沟里。
"mid 16th cent. (as a noun): from Old French