gymnast

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gym·nast [gymnast gymnasts] BrE [ˈdʒɪmnæst] NAmE [ˈdʒɪmnæst] noun
a person who performs ↑gymnastics, especially in a competition

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from French gymnaste or Greek gumnastēs ‘trainer of athletes’, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked’, from gumnos ‘naked’.

Example Bank:
•the Olympic gymnast who won a gold medal on a sprained ankle
•young gymnasts who have to train for up to five hours a day
•He swung down from the tree like a gymnast.
•She was a promising young gymnast until she injured her back.