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单词 jackknife dive
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jackknife dive
C1. attributive. With reference to the adoption of a doubled-up position by bending at the waist while keeping the legs straight and feet pointed as an element of a dive, jump, etc.; frequently in jackknife dive. Cf. sense 2.
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1902 Outing July 421/2 He must..double up in the jack-knife dive, and twist his body for the boomerang dive.
1920 R. Hughes Beauty (1921) iv. x. 256 The back jackknife somersault, the half-gainer standing,..the one-and-a-half somersault forward running—a whole catalogue of an art with a technic and a terminology of its own.
1929 Boys' Life July 11/3 At the peak of the rise you execute the jack-knife position as described above.
1990 Jrnl. Physical Educ., Recreation & Dance Aug. 14/2 Increased attention is given to gymnastics-type stunts (e.g., pinwheels, elbow balance, walkovers, front springs, jackknife jumps, eskimo rolls).
2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 July (Late ed.) tr3 His sons..did jackknife dives into the pool.
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