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单词 gymnastic
释义 gym·nas·tic
I. \jimˈnastik, -aas-, -tēk\ adjective
also gym·nas·ti·cal \-tə̇kəl, -tēk-\
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French gymnastique, from Latin gymnasticus, from Greek gymnastikos, from (assumed) gymnastos (verbal of gymnazein to train naked) + -ikos -ic
: of or relating to gymnastics : athletic
gym·nas·ti·cal·ly \-tə̇k(ə)lē, -tēk-, -li\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French gymnastique, from Greek gymnastikē, from feminine of gymnastikos
1.
 a. : physical exercise
  < good gymnastic which will give health to the body — Benjamin Jowett >
 especially : exercise that consists of calisthenics and performance on apparatus (as rings, bars) and is designed to promote strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and body control — now usually used in plural
  < gymnastics have become one of the institutions of the country — James Grant >
 b. gymnastics plural but singular in construction : the art or practice of such exercise
  < modern apparatus gymnastics was founded in the early 19th century — Time >
2. : something resembling gymnastics; especially : an exercise in intellectual or artistic dexterity
 < my earlier philosophic study had been an intellectual gymnastic — John Dewey >
 < the pleasure that is derived from sheer mental gymnastics — Carlos Lynes >
3. : a physical feat, exercise, or contortion
 < like a … wrestler about to embark upon some inexplicable gymnastic — Gordon Sager >
 < the gymnastics necessary for the killer to have swung from the fire escape — E.D.Radin >
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