weight

英 [weɪt]      美 [weɪt]
  • 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
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weight 重量

来自weigh,称量。

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.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。

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