a person who performs gymnastics, especially in a competition 体操运动员 Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc1Young gymnasts have to train for up to five hours a day. 年轻的体操运动员每天要训练五个小时。 the Olympic gymnast who won a gold medal on a sprained ankle 在脚踝扭伤的情况下获得奥运会金牌的体操运动员 She was a promising young gymnast until she injured her back. 她在背部受伤之前是一名有前途的年轻体操运动员。 He swung down from the tree like a gymnast. 他像体操运动员一样从树上荡下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brilliant
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- train
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French gymnaste or Greek gumnastēs ‘trainer of athletes’, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked’, from gumnos ‘naked’.