单词 | salto |
释义 | salton. 1. salto mortale n. /morˈtale/ [Italian, = fatal jump, somersault] a daring or flying leap (as of a trapeze artist, etc.); also figurative, a step that involves risk; an unjustified inference, a ‘leap of faith’. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > somersault supersault1503 somersault1530 tumbling cast1530 sobersaulta1533 somerset1591 turn-over1660 pitch-pole1842 spin1842 salto mortale1896 flip-flop1902 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > a risky undertaking adventurec1300 venturea1566 adventry1616 risk1666 fenda1724 forlorn hope1768 long chance1854 salto mortale1896 crap shoot1958 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > one who or that which > a daring leap salto mortale1896 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > piece of false reasoning fallacy1532 paralogism1565 elench1570 argal1861 salto mortale1896 1896 W. Caldwell Schopenhauer's Syst. vii. 361 He really solved it [sc. the question of altruism] only by a salto mortale. 1912 W. James Ess. Radical Empiricism ii. 67 The transcendentalist..holds knowing to consist in a salto mortale across an ‘epistemological chasm’. 1937 J. M. Murry Necessity of Pacifism vii. 115 England will take this glorious salto mortale into a more human future. 1952 R. Manning-Sanders Eng. Circus iv. xvii. 237 Let us look..at the act of the two Codonas,..after Alfredo, in 1922, had mastered that wonderful feat, the salto mortale, or triple somersault. 1968 M. Guybon tr. A. Solzhenitsyn First Circle (1971) xxviii. 164 He was escorted up another flight of steps—where, as in a circus during the salto mortale, there were nets to catch him if he jumped off. 1977 Language 53 44 While the enclitic nature of the copula is beyond question in itself, inferring ‘aphaeresis’ as a phenomenon consequential upon it has involved an epistemological ‘salto mortale’ which has not been very successful. 2. Gymnastics. A somersault. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions vaulting1531 cross-step1728 still-vaulting1854 roll1858 trampolining1867 planche1878 handstand1890 rollover1891 trapezing1894 press1901 straddle1905 kip1909 upstart1909 headstand1915 round-off1917 neck-roll1920 undergrip1920 pike1928 swivel hips1943 thigh lift1949 overswing1955 shoulder stand1956 stand1956 floor exercise1957 squat1959 turnaround1959 salto1972 Tsukahara1972 1972 B. Taylor et al. Olympic Gymnastics iii. 35 With more advanced movements (such as a double back salto or double twisting back layout), a spotting belt is sometimes used. 1974 Rules of Game 36 Compulsory exercises... Arms backward, two or three running steps into forward piked salto, land on one leg. 1980 Sunday Times 20 July 28/2 I will show you a new dismount off the beam... It is double Salto off one leg with half a turn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1896 |
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