ATHLETE


Meaning of ATHLETE in English

[noun] [C] - a person who is very good at sports, esp. one who enters sports competitions, and who is healthy and strongHe became a professional athlete at the age of 16.She has the build of an athlete.(figurative humorous) She has the reputation of being a real sexual athlete (= someone who has sex in an energetic way or with many different people).Athlete's foot is a disease in which the skin between the toes cracks and feels uncomfortable.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.