axel
noun[C]
sportsspecializeduk/ˈæk.səl/us/ˈæk.səl/atypeofjumpinfigureskating(= thesportofmovingonskatesmakingpatternsandjumps)in which theskaterjumpswithkneesbentwhilefacingforwardsandlandsfacingbackwards, with one or moreturnsin theairin between:
阿克塞尔跳：花样滑冰的一种跳跃动作，运动员屈膝脸向前起跳，经一次或多次空中转体后脸向后落冰Shebeganherprogramwith adoubleaxel.她的编排以一个两周阿克塞尔跳开始。
Nothingseemedto gorightwith myroutineand Imissedthe axel.我的日常训练似乎没有任何进展，阿克塞尔跳我也没跳好。
- Tonya Harding was the first American woman tosuccessfullylandatripleaxel incompetition.
- Thedefendingchampionfailedtocleanlylandthevitalcombinationjumpor thedoubleaxel and nowliesin thirdplace.
- Even figure-skatingfanshave toadmitthe sport'sterminologyisindecipherable. Does anyone reallyknowthedifferencebetween an axel, a lutz and a salchow?
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