heavyweight

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 en

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
    — an intellectual heavyweight
  2. The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division. uncountable
    — So Ukraine is on the ropes. Using that boxing metaphor, one immediately thinks of the new world heavyweight champion, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who was seemingly down and out under the ferocious assault of the giant Tyson Fury, but then came back to win on points at the end of a brutal 12 rounds.
  3. A similar division and contestant in other sports. broadly,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division. not-comparable
  2. Being relatively heavy. not-comparable
  3. Being a leader in one's field. not-comparable
  4. Important or impressive. not-comparable
    — The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.

词形变化

heavyweights plural

词汇关系

衍生词
junior heavyweight light heavyweight non-heavyweight nonheavyweight superheavyweight heavyweight spaceship
相关词
lightweight midweight

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Germanic *habjaną
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
Old English hebban
Middle English heven
English heave
English -y
English heavy
English weight
English heavyweight
From heavy + weight.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Germanic *habjaną
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
Old English hebban
Middle English heven
English heave
English -y
English heavy
English weight
English heavyweight
From heavy + weight.
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