gymnastics
noun [ U ] uk/dʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/ us/dʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
B1 体操，体操训练；（智力、艺术等）训练
physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes, intended to increase the body's strength and the ability to move and bend easily
the US women's gymnastics team 美国女子体操队
figurative Legal arguments require incredible mental/verbal gymnastics (= the ability to think/speak cleverly and quickly). 法庭辩论需要非凡的机智／语言表达能力。
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- I quite liked gymnastics at school - doing handstands and cartwheels and jumps over the apparatus.
- Did you watch the Olympic men's gymnastics? Their routines on the high rings and the parallel bars were amazing.