physicalexercisesthatdevelopandshowthebody'sstrengthandabilitytomoveandbendeasily, oftendoneasasportincompetitions体操;体操训练◆agymnasticscompetition体操比赛◆(figurative) mental/verbalgymnastics(= quickorcleverthinkingoruseofwords)智力/表达能力训练Uncountable nouns ending in –icsathletics,ballistics,civics,cybernetics,genetics,geophysics,gymnastics,linguistics,optics,orthodontics,orthopaedics,phonetics,phonics,physics,semantics,semiotics,stylistics,thermodynamics▸gym·nas·ticBrE/dʒɪmˈnæstɪk/NAmE/dʒɪmˈnæstɪk/adjective[only before noun]