释义 |
gymnasium /jim-nāˈzi-əm/ noun (pl gymnāˈsiums or gymnāˈsia)- A place, hall, building or school for gymnastics
- Orig, in ancient Greece, a public place or building where youths exercised, with areas for running and wrestling, baths, and halls for conversation
- (usu /gim-näˈzi-oom/; pl also gymnasien /gim-näˈzi-ən/) a top-grade secondary school in many European countries, esp Germany, which prepares pupils for higher education, esp in academic rather than vocational subjects
ORIGIN: Latinized from Gr gymnasion, from gymnos naked gymnāˈsial adjective gymnāˈsiarch /-ärk/ noun (Gr archos chief) the head of a gymnasium gymnāˈsiast noun - A pupil in a gymnasium
- A gymnast (archaic)
gymnāˈsic adjective (rare) gymˈnast /-nast/ noun A person skilled in gymnastics gymnasˈtic noun - A system of training by exercise (archaic)
- (in pl used as sing) exercises and activities devised to strengthen the body and improve agility and co-ordination, incl exercises using apparatus and floor
- (in pl) feats or tricks of agility
adjective (also (archaic) gymnasˈtical)- Relating to athletic exercises or (specif) gymnastics
- Athletic, vigorous
gymnasˈtically adverb |