gym
noun uk/dʒɪm/ us/dʒɪm/
A2 [ U ]（尤指作为学校课程的）体操，健身操
physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment, especially when done as a subject at school
gym clothes 体操服
gym shoes 体操鞋
Class 3 do gym on a Wednesday afternoon. 三班周三下午上体操课。
The third graders have gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 三年级学生在星期二和星期四有体操课。
A2 [ C ] (also gymnasium)体操馆，健身房
a large room with equipment for exercising the body and increasing strength
We played basketball in the gym. 我们在健身房打了篮球。
[ C ]健身俱乐部
a club where you can go to exercise and keep fit
I go to the gym twice a week. 我每周去两次健身俱乐部。
- More examples
- A work-out in the gym will exercise all the major muscle groups.
- He works in a sports centre instructing people in the use of the gym equipment.
- I felt so unfit after Christmas that I decided to join a gym.
- A figure like that is usually the product of many hours spent in the gym.
- I like to sweat it out in the gym for a couple of hours every day.