weight

英 [we?t] 美[wet]

CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞基本詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?weights;第三人稱單數(shù):?weights;過去式:?weighted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?weighting;

weight 重量

來自weigh,稱量。

weight (n.): Old English gewiht "weighing, weight, downward force of a body, heaviness," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Norse v?tt, Danish vegt, Old Frisian wicht, Middle Dutch gewicht, German Gewicht), from *weg- (see weigh).

Figurative sense of "burden" is late 14c. To lose weight "get thinner" is recorded from 1961. Weight Watcher as a trademark name dates from 1960. To pull one's weight (1921) is from rowing. To throw (one's) weight around figuratively is by 1922. Weight-training is from 1945. Weight-lifting is from 1885; weight-lifter (human) from 1893.
weight (v.): "to load with weight," 1747 (figuratively, of the mind, from 1640s), from weight (n.). Of horses in a handicap race, 1846. Sense in statistics is recorded from 1901. Related: Weighted; weighting.

1. The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.: 這家公司生產(chǎn)一系列的新型輕便自行車。

2. He lost two stone in weight during his time there.: 他在那兒的時(shí)候體重下降了2英石。

3. Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con.: 有神奇減肥效果的瘦身點(diǎn)心是一個(gè)騙局。

4. We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight.: 我們已經(jīng)了解到各門功課差不多一樣重要。

5. She stopped drinking but began obsessing about her weight.: 她戒了酒，但又開始執(zhí)著于體重問題。