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athletic

/ath-let-ik/US // æθˈlɛt ɪk //UK // (æθˈlɛtɪk) //

运动员,竞技,田径,田径运动

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
    • : of, like, or befitting an athlete.
    • : of or relating to athletes; involving the use of physical skills or capabilities, as strength, agility, or stamina: athletic sports;athletic training.
    • : for athletics: an athletic field.
    • : Psychology. having a sturdy build or well-proportioned body structure.Compare asthenic, pyknic.

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Examples

  • On the 5½-hour bus ride back to campus, he phoned his athletic director to convey the same news and to ask for a meeting in the morning, which was Super Bowl Sunday.

  • In an ideal world, I’d find someone who is honest, driven, and athletic.

  • Keller’s athletic fame, 6-foot-6 stature and his decision to wear a Team USA jacket inside the Capitol aided investigators and distinguished him amid the mob that stormed the building.

  • The Ivy League is the only Division I conference that has yet to hold an athletic competition this academic year.

  • Their tough leather, light synthetic insulation, and thick neoprene cuffs make the Fall Line perfect for protecting my hands from the elements without being too warm for athletic movement.

  • With all due respect to his athletic skill, Gronkowski is not high on the list of NFL players that elicit carnal thoughts.

  • He is an immensely talented quarterback who has dedicated his entire life to athletic excellence and discipline.

  • The athletic community was putting pressure on him to say that he was pro-Olympics and pro-athletes.

  • Horace was athletic and clever, known, probably apocryphally, as the fastest cotton picker in Clay County.

  • I noticed, with Newsies and with this especially, that dancing on Broadway has become so much more athletic than it used to be.

  • At first the dozen or more girls had practiced on their athletic field, which was now snow-covered, too.

  • They even called on Jess Morse by name, and hitched that name to the battle cry of their athletic field.

  • His clothes fitted him well, and displayed to advantage a figure which, although short, was well made and athletic.

  • His leaning position brought out the breadth of his shoulders and emphasized the athletic lines of his figure.

  • For once in her life, Gale was thoroughly glad for her athletic training and gymnastic ability.