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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

1. N-COUNT 筋斗；跟头 If someone or something does a somersault, they turn over completely in the air. 
2. N-COUNT (态度、政策等的) 180 度转变，颠倒 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. 

  • What worries some of us is that the Prime Minister may feel simply unable to do a somersault...

    使我们中间的一些人担心的是，首相也许觉得根本就无法做到180度的态度大转变。

  • In the last 30 years, both sexes have performed a somersault in terms of expectations, roles and relationships.

    最近 30 年里，男性和女性在个人期望、社会角色和人际关系方面都发生了 180 度的大转变。

3. VERB (一次或多次)翻筋斗 If someone or something somersaults, they perform one or more somersaults. 

  • His boat hit a wave and somersaulted at speed...

    他的船撞上了大浪，飞速地翻转着。

  • I hit him back and he somersaulted down the stairs.

    我还手打了他，他顺着楼梯滚了下去。