| 单词 | athletic |
| 释义 | athletic (once / 499 pages) adj If you're athletic, you have a natural talent for sports and fitness. You might jump nonstop through a strenuous aerobics class, then go run a few miles, and top it off shooting hoops with the basketball team. If you're a champion speed skater, you've most definitely got an athletic build, and while skinny jeans may not look so great on you, you probably look pretty good in running shorts. You know the ancient Greeks loved athletic competitions — after all, they invented the Olympics. Fittingly enough, the word athletic goes back to the Greek word athlein, meaning "to compete for a prize." WORD FAMILYathletic: athletically, athleticism, athletics+/athlete: athletes, athletic USAGE EXAMPLESWill we simply accept the scaling back of programs, both academic and athletic, at our magnificent University of Alaska? Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) These days, the 17-year-old athletic department is just crawling - and sometimes swimming - with them. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In the athletic competition, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt becomes the first athlete ever to win the men’s 100-meter final wearing flip-flops. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj relating to or befitting athletics or athletes athletic facilities 2adj vigorously active an athletic child athletic playing Syn acrobatic, gymnastic active characterized by energetic activity 3adj having a sturdy and well proportioned body an athletic build Syn mesomorphic, muscular having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer |
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