weight

• 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

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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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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