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N-COUNT
筋斗；跟頭
If someone or something does a somersault, they turn over completely in the air.
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N-COUNT
(態(tài)度、政策等的) 180 度轉(zhuǎn)變，顛倒
If you say that someone does a somersault, you mean that they change suddenly from having a particular opinion or policy about something to having a completely different opinion or policy.
例句
What worries some of us is that the Prime Minister may feel simply unable to do a somersault...
使我們中間的一些人擔心的是，首相也許覺得根本就無法做到180度的態(tài)度大轉(zhuǎn)變。
In the last 30 years, both sexes have performed a somersault in terms of expectations, roles and relationships.
最近 30 年里，男性和女性在個人期望、社會角色和人際關(guān)系方面都發(fā)生了 180 度的大轉(zhuǎn)變。
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VERB
(一次或多次)翻筋斗
If someone or something somersaults, they perform one or more somersaults.
例句
His boat hit a wave and somersaulted at speed...
他的船撞上了大浪，飛速地翻轉(zhuǎn)著。
I hit him back and he somersaulted down the stairs.
我還手打了他，他順著樓梯滾了下去。