| 单词 | cannonball dive |
| 释义 | > as lemmascannonball dive 4. Chiefly North American. A jump into water in which the knees are drawn up and clasped tightly to the chest, typically with the aim of making as big a splash as possible. More fully (and earliest) in cannonball dive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > diving into water > specific manner belly flop1895 belly flopper1895 swallow dive1898 swallow-diving1898 swan dive1898 swallow1902 cannonball1905 jackknife1906 honeypot1941 belly-flopping1948 1905 Health Dec. 443/1 Cannon-Ball Dive. Take a good run, jump high,..then double up and hold that position. 1931 Swimming & Water Safety (Boy Scouts of Amer.) ix. 226 Stunt and comic diving... ‘Cannon ball’—spring high into air from board, grasp knees to chest and drop into water with big splash. 1984 Nutshell (Gainesville, Florida) Spring 34/2 They were doing cannonballs off the board to see who could displace the most water. 2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 Jan. b5 He would be doing cannonballs into the pool with his four- and five-year-old grandkids when he was 70. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。