a person who performs gymnastics, especially in a competition体操运动员Extra Examples- Young gymnasts have to train for up to five hours a day.年轻的体操运动员每天必须训练五个小时。
- 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.她是一个很有前途的年轻体操运动员，直到受伤为止。
- He swung down from the tree like a gymnast.他像体操运动员一样从树上掉下来。
Topics Sports: other sportsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivegymnast + verbSee full entry Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French gymnaste or Greek gumnastēs ‘trainer of athletes’, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked’, from gumnos ‘naked’.