the Fosbury flop
/ðə ˌfɒzbri ˈflɒp/
/ðə ˌfɑːzbəri ˈflɑːp/
- (in sport) a way of doing the high jump. The person jumps backwards over the bar with the legs following the upper body. It is named after the US athlete Dick Fosbury who first used this method at the 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal. It is now widely used by other athletes.
Fosbury翻牌圈：一种跳高的方式。该人的腿跟随上半身，向后跳过杠铃。它以美国运动员迪克·福斯伯里（Dick Fosbury）的名字命名，后者在1968年奥运会上首次使用此方法，并获得了金牌。现在，它已被其他运动员广泛使用。