weight

英 [weɪt] 美 [wet]

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。

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。