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weight
英 [weɪt] 美 [wet]
这里集中整理“weight”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 重量，重力；负担；砝码；重要性
- vt. 加重量于，使变重
- n. (Weight)人名；(英)韦特；(捷)魏格特
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: weights;第三人称单数: weights;过去式: weighted;现在分词: weighting;
中文词源
weight 重量
来自weigh,称量。
英文词源
- weight (n.)
- Old English gewiht "weighing, weight, downward force of a body, heaviness," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Norse vætt, 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.
双语例句
- 1. The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.
- 这家公司生产一系列的新型轻便自行车。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He lost two stone in weight during his time there.
- 他在那儿的时候体重下降了2英石。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con.
- 有神奇减肥效果的瘦身点心是一个骗局。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight.
- 我们已经了解到各门功课差不多一样重要。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She stopped drinking but began obsessing about her weight.
- 她戒了酒，但又开始执著于体重问题。
来自柯林斯例句
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