花式滑冰(figure skating)
滑冰者（单人或双人）以优美姿势在冰面上滑出规定图案、表演各种技巧的一项运动。花式冰刀有半弧形浅槽，两边有锋锐刀刃，前端呈锯齿状。直到1991年，男女比赛都包括了规定图形。花式滑冰比赛於1908年和1920年举行的奥运会中列为比赛项目，并成为1924年开办到冬季奥运会的正式比赛项目。个人赛项目包括选手在自选音乐的伴奏下的两次自选动作的表演。短曲部分的技巧性表演要包含一定量度规定动作；长曲的表演则没有专门的要求，设计应能使选手的技巧和优美得到最好的发挥。双人滑为男女两人共同滑行，完成自选项目动作，其特点为托举。花式滑冰的评分分成技术和艺术印象两部分来评定。亦请参阅ice dancing。
English version：
figure skating
Sport in which ice skaters, singly or in pairs, perform various jumps, spins, and dance movements. The figure skate blade has a special serrated toe pick, or toe rake, at the front. Until 1991, competition included a compulsory section in which prescribed figures were traced. Figure-skating events, held in the 1908 and 1920 Olympic Games, have constituted part of the Winter Olympics since they were inaugurated in 1924. Competition for individuals includes two free-skating programs: a shorter, technical program that must incorporate a number of prescribed elements or maneuvers; and a long program designed to show the skater's skill and grace that has no mandatory requirements. Jumps fall into two main groups: the edge jumps (such as the Axel, the Salchow, and the loop), which take off from one foot; and the toe jumps (such as the toe loop, the flip, and the Lutz), which are edge jumps assisted by a vault off the toe pick of the other foot. Jumps are further classified as single, double, and so on. Additional pair moves, involving a man and a woman skating together, include lifts, pair spins, and throw jumps. Figure-skating programs are judged on both technical merit and artistic impression. See also ice dancing.
