n. 运动员,体育家
来源于希腊语athlon(奖品), athlein(争夺奖品), athletes、拉丁语athleta。
拆分: athl争夺奖品 + -ete名词词尾
例: The athletes are training hard for the Olympics. 运动员正在为备战奥运会刻苦训练。 Our field athletes have performed well. 我们的田赛运动员表现出色。
