| 单词 | lightweight |
| 释义 | lightweight (once / 5560 pages) 1adj 2n 3nadj When an object is lightweight, it weighs much less than other similar objects. A person is a lightweight if they can't handle much — if you get full after a small meal, big eaters might refer to you as a lightweight. Break lightweight apart — light + weight — and you see its definition right there in its root words. Someone who is called a lightweight is either a professional boxer who weighs under 135 pounds or he's someone with little importance or ability. When a company is looking to make layoffs, it's the lightweight employees, or those who just aren't important to the business that often get axed first. WORD FAMILYlightweight: lightweights USAGE EXAMPLES"The key is looking for systems that are scalable, lightweight and easily deployable," he said. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) I would recommend Gore gloves and rain jacket as they are lightweight. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The first is to develop a new, lightweight system that efficiently uses battery energy to generate movement. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1 adj weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use 2a lightweight fabric lightweight wood Syn light of comparatively little physical weight or density 1n a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds Hyper gladiator, prizefighter a professional boxer 2n an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds Hyper boxer, pugilist someone who fights with his fists for sport 3n a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds 3Hyper grappler, matman, wrestler combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground 1n someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous Syn|Hyper jackanapes, whippersnapper cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity a person of no influence 2adj having no importance or influence a lightweight intellect Syn unimportant not important |
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