gymnasium
/dʒɪmˈneɪzɪəm/noun
(pl. gymnasiums 或gymnasia /-zɪə/)
1
- a room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise体操馆; 健身房。
2
- /亦读gɪmˈnɑːzɪəm/ a school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance（德国、斯堪的纳维亚国家或中欧国家培养学生升入高等学校的）高级中学。
派生词
gymnasial
adjective （限义项 2）词源
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein 'exercise naked'， from gumnos 'naked'.