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单词 to weigh in
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to weigh in
f. to weigh in: to weigh (an air passenger's luggage) before departure; to subject (a passenger) to this procedure. See excess luggage at excess n. 6b.
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society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > transport through the air [verb (transitive)] > weigh luggage before departure
to weigh in1934
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > again > luggage or a passenger
to weigh in1934
1934 Rhys-Williams Diary 1 Aug. (MS.) Left Eaton Place at 4.30 p.m. for Victoria, where we were ‘weighed-in’, and had our luggage weighed and labelled.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File v. 30 She weighed in my wardrobe case.
1970 New Yorker 16 May 41/2 The porter..takes her bag and follows her to the desk to have it weighed in.
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g. Angling. to weigh in: of an angler, to have (one's catch) officially weighed at the end of a competition. Also absol.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > have fish weighed
to weigh in1949
1928 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 12/5 It is a rule that every fish caught must be kept alive, and after being weighed must be put back into the water by the official weigher-in.]
1949 Club Anglers' Jrnl. Nov. 14/1 The river fished well and the winner weighed-in 6 lb. 4 oz. 12 drm.
1972 Match Rules (Nat. Fed. Anglers) in E. Marshall-Hardy Angling Ways (1973) xxxix. 306 No competitor may have his catch weighed in who has litter lying on the banks of his swim.
1976 Wymondham & Attleborough Express 17 Dec. 22/5 Only 10..competitors weighed in,..but..Frank Kilbourn..float fished to take 9–2 of good roach.
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to weigh in
a. intransitive in Horse Racing. Of a jockey: To take his place in the scales, in order that his declared weight may be verified by the clerk. to weigh out (in), to do this before and after a race. (Cf. 7d) Similarly in Boxing, to weigh in: said of a boxer (turning the scales at a particular weight) before a fight. Hence in general colloquial use.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > be weighed
weigh1805
to ride or go to scale1837
scale1859
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain weight [verb (intransitive)] > weigh (a specific amount)
weighc1000
peisea1382
weighc1386
poise1389
ponder?a1425
to turn the scale1600
ponderize1634
heft1851
avoirdupois1854
scale1862
to tip the scales1884
to weigh in1909
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > weigh in
to weigh in1909
1805 Weatherby's Racing Cal. XXXII. p. xxxviii That every person who shall ride at Newmarket for Plate, Sweep~stakes, or Match, shall be obliged to weigh when he comes in.
1858 Rules of Racing §37 Jockies are required to weigh at the usual place of weighing, before the race,..and every rider is, immediately after the race, to ride his horse to the usual place of weighing,..and to weigh to the satisfaction of the person appointed for that purpose.
1868 G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose I. xiv. 174 Their riders are drinking sherry..preparatory to ‘weighing in’.
1868 G. J. Whyte-Melville White Rose I. xiv. 182 Mr. Snipe, returning to weigh after an easy victory.
1877 Rules of Racing §31 Weighing out and starting.
1877 Rules of Racing §34 Weighing in.
1879 J. Rice Hist. Turf I. 298 The rider of Musjid..is said to have weighed in and weighed out with a whip weighing 7 or 9 lbs. and to have exchanged it for a lighter whip before and after the race.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xviii. 307 He was six feet four and weighed in at 135.
1920 J. Masefield Right Royal 33 When the clock struck three and the men weighed out.
1920 J. Masefield Right Royal 119 Then the riders weighed-in, and the meeting was over.
1931 Daily Express 13 Oct. 1/7 Both boxers weighed in this afternoon.
1958 S. Wilcox 3 Days Running vii. 79 When at last I was able..to ‘weigh-in’ ..I weighed five pounds more than at the beginning of the day.
1966 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 5 Dec. 6/1 The complete inertial package weighs in at only 14 pounds.
1979 SLR Camera Mar. 35/1 The compact ‘Zuiko’ 1000mm measures just 26 inches and weighs in at around eight and a half pounds.
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to weigh in
c. fig. to weigh in: to bring one's weight or influence to bear; to enter a forceful contribution to a discussion, etc. Also: U.S. slang to meet up. colloquial.
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society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence
labour1442
to make labour1603
influence1670
to make interest1709
to weigh in1909
1909 G. B. Shaw Let. 31 July (1972) II. 854 I want you to ask the Chief Rabbi to weigh in.
1919 M. Beerbohm Seven Men 147 A few weeks later the Anglo-Indians weigh in. In due course we have the help of our Australian cousins.
1926 J. Black You can't Win x. 135 We parted at Pocatello, agreeing to ‘weigh in’ (meet) at Ogden in the spring.
1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. iii. 378 The telephone crisis..had been the moment for Lilian to weigh in.
1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills 221 The Princess Anne, in her constant rôle of fairy godmother to the Marlboroughs, weighed in; nor could it have been done with more tact and good feeling.
1976 Milton Keynes Express 4 June 38/4 Sim weighed in with 4–27 off eight overs.
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