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cartwheel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cart·wheel /ˈkɑːt-wiːl $ ˈkɑːrt-/ noun [countable]  1 cartwheel.jpg DSOJUMPa movement in which you turn completely over by throwing your body sideways onto your hands while bringing your legs over your head 侧手翻,侧身筋斗do/turn cartwheels The children were doing cartwheels in the park. 孩子们在公园里做侧手翻。2. the wheel of a cart 〔马车〕车轮cartwheel verb [intransitive]
Examples from the Corpus
cartwheelOne of them had window-boxes and a cartwheel propped against the wall by the door.I expect her to do a cartwheel, and hope to see those pants again.Little girls did cartwheels and then tried for interceptions.It was the summer of 1970, and the world was doing cartwheels.He tried to brake with this ice-axe but started turning great cartwheels, bouncing all the way down.I watched her expel each word from her mouth, the syllables hanging like cartwheels of breath crowding the dry hospital air.The waiter, Helen thought, was only waiting for the nod and he would turn cartwheels.do/turn cartwheelsLittle girls did cartwheels and then tried for interceptions.A few players turned cartwheels at the edge of the field to celebrate their victory.The waiter, Helen thought, was only waiting for the nod and he would turn cartwheels.
cart·wheel nounChineseSyllable
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cartwheel
cartwheel /ˈkɑːt-wiːl $ ˈkɑːrt-/ noun [countable]

1. a movement in which you turn completely over by throwing your body sideways onto your hands while bringing your legs over your head
    do/turn cartwheels
    The children were doing cartwheels in the park.
2. the wheel of a cart
—cartwheel verb [intransitive]


cart·wheelBrE /ˈkɑːtwiːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrtwiːl/ 🔊 nouna fast physical movement in which you turn in a circle sideways by putting your hands on the ground and bringing your legs, one at a time, over your head 侧手翻;侧身筋斗to do/turn cartwheels 做侧手翻the wheel of a cart (马车或手推车)车轮 cart·wheel verb [intransitive]