| 单词 | gym |
| 释义 | gym (once / 2271 pages) n A gym is a building or room that's meant for playing indoor sports or exercising. You might go to the gym to pump iron, or you might go to the gym to see who else is pumping iron. The word gym is a shortened form of gymnasium, originally a Latin word meaning "school for gymnastics," from the Greek gymnasion, "public place where exercises are practiced." The preferred way to dress at a gym these days is in shorts or sweatpants, but back in Ancient Greece, men commonly exercised naked — hence the root gymnazein, "to train naked." WORD FAMILYgym: gyms USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s game time,” said Sampson, who previously worked as a manager at the gym. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Pictures of them line the walls of the club’s gym, groups of a dozen men in camouflage clustered around the blue-and-red flag of the separatists. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) At the gym in mid-August, her vision became blurry. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) n athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training Syn|Hyper gymnasium athletic facility a facility for athletic events |
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