倒栽葱 meaning in English
(摔倒时先头着地) fall head over heels; fall headlong; neck and crop [heels]: 敌机一个倒栽葱 , 掉进海里。 the enemy plane went plummeting into the sea
Examples
- George jumped from the basket and fell headlong into the snow .
乔治从车斗里跳出来,倒栽葱地摔倒在雪地里。 - When wildeve came on to that spot his ankle was caught by something, and he fell headlong .
过了一会儿,韦狄走到那块地方的时候,有一桩东西把他的脚脖子绊住了,把他摔了一个倒栽葱。 - He slumped with his shoulder on the door handle, the door opened and he fell out of the car in a backward somersault to land on his face in the mud .
他肩膀撞在门把上,把车门撞开;接着一个倒栽葱翻到车外,脸朝下摔在泥地上。 - He was so fast that he knocked an old man head over heels
他走得那样快,把一个老人撞了个倒栽葱。 - Little marry carried on for ten minutes after she fell headlong
小玛丽摔了个倒栽葱后,哭闹了十分钟