English-Thai Dictionary

somersault

N การ ตีลังกา  somerset sommerset kan-te-lang-ka

 

somersault

N การ เปลี่ยนความคิด  kan-pian-kwam-kid

 

somersault

VI ตีลังกา  somerset sommerset te-lang-ka

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOMERSAULT, SOMERSET

n.[L super and salio, to leap. ] A leap by which a person jumps from a highth, turns over his head and falls upon his feet.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOMERSAULT; SOMERSET

Som "er *sault, Som "er *set, n. Etym: [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient. ]

 

Defn: A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc. ] "The vaulter's sombersalts." Donne.Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. Beau. & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

somersault

som er sault |ˈsəmərˌsôlt ˈsəmərˌsɔlt | ▶noun 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: a backward somersault | figurative : Paula's stomach turned a somersault . ▶verb [ no obj. ] perform such an acrobatic feat, or make a similar movement accidentally: his car somersaulted into a ditch. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a noun ): from Old French sombresault, from Provençal sobresaut, from sobre ‘above ’ + saut ‘leap. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

somersault

somersault |ˈsʌməsɒlt, -sɔːlt | ▶noun 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: a backward somersault | figurative : Paula's stomach turned a somersault . ▶verb [ no obj. ] perform a somersault, or make a similar movement accidentally: his car somersaulted into a ditch. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a noun ): from Old French sombresault, from Provençal sobresaut, from sobre ‘above ’ + saut ‘leap ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

somersault

som er sault -set /sʌ́mə r sɔ̀ːlt //-sèt /名詞 C 1 宙返り, とんぼ返り .2 (考え 政策などの突然の )180度変更 .動詞 自動詞 宙返り [とんぼ返り ]をする .