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cartwheel

/kahrt-hweel, -weel/US // ˈkɑrtˌʰwil, -ˌwil //UK // (ˈkɑːtˌwiːl) //

车轮,车牌号,车轱辘,车轱辘话

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the wheel of a cart.
    • : an acrobatic feat in which a person starts from a standing position, with arms extended, and wheels the body sideways, landing first on the hands and then on the feet and usually repeating this in a series.
    • : Slang. any large coin, especially a U.S. silver dollar.
    • : Slang. an amphetamine tablet.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to roll forward end over end: The skier took a sudden spill and cartwheeled down the slope.

Examples

  • When Shondaland announced the “Bridgerton” casting and Instagrammed the sets, I think I did a cartwheel.

  • Witnesses have portrayed her as a strange cartwheel performer with bad hygiene.

  • Behind the table was a smooth and perfectly round hole in the wall about the size of a cartwheel.

  • Here has been Cartwheel, your sweetheart; what will become of him?

  • Billy took everybodys attention away from him by turning an unexpected cartwheel in the middle of the floor.

  • They had been dredged up in the Isar's mud, found at a corner, dragged from under a cartwheel.

  • "There's your dollar," said the Idiot, tossing a silver cartwheel across the table.