weightlifter
noun [ C ] (also weight-lifter, weight lifter) uk/ˈweɪtˌlɪf.tər/ us/ˈweɪtˌlɪf.tɚ/
举重运动员
someone who practises the sport of weightlifting (= lifting heavy objects)
She was selected as her country's first female Olympic weightlifter. 她被选为该国第一位女奥运举重运动员。
He became a champion weight-lifter. 他成为举重冠军。
See: weightlifting
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- A female weight-lifter has just set a new world record.
- Five weightlifters were expelled from the Olympics yesterday for failing drugs tests.
- He is one of the greatest weightlifters in history.
- For the fourth day in a row, a Chinese weightlifter set a world record.
- The early development of osteoarthritis of the knees among weight lifters is believed to be in part due to their high body weight.