单词 | light middleweight |
释义 | light2 /līt/adjective
Lightly transitive verb (obsolete)To make lighter ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) līht (WSax līoht, lēoht); Ger leicht, ON lēttr; L levis lightˈen transitive verb To make lighter intransitive verbTo become lighter lightˈener noun A cosmetic applied to the skin of the face to mask darker areas lightˈer noun A large open boat used in unloading and loading ships lightˈerage noun
lightˈish adjective lightˈly adverb
(esp in Scots form lichtly /lihhtˈli/) to slight or make light of lightˈness noun lights plural noun The lungs of an animal (as lighter than the adjoining parts) lightˈsome adjective Light, cheerful, lively, cheering lightˈsomely adverb lightˈsomeness noun light air noun (meteorology) A wind of force 1 on the Beaufort scale, reaching speeds of 1 to 3mph lightˈ-armed adjective (military) Armed in a manner suitable for activity light breeze noun (meteorology) A wind of force 2 on the Beaufort scale, reaching speeds of 4 to 7mph light engine noun One without coaches or trucks attached lightˈerman noun A person employed in lighterage lightˈer-than-air adjective Of aircraft, kept in the air by gas which is lighter than air lightˈ-faced adjective (printing) Of type, having thin lines lightˈ-fingˈered adjective
light flyweight see flyweight under fly lightˈ-footed (archaic lightˈ-foot) adjective Nimble, active lightˈ-handˈed adjective
lightˈ-headˈed adjective
lightˈ-headˈedly adverb lightˈ-headˈedness noun lightˈ-heartˈed adjective
lightˈ-heartˈedly adverb lightˈ-headˈedly adverb lightˈ-heartˈedness noun light heavyweight see heavyweight under heavy lightˈ-heeled adjective
light horse noun Light-armed cavalry light horseman noun light industry see under industry light infantry noun Light-armed-infantry lightˈ-legged adjective Swift of foot light literature, music, etc noun Such as calls for little mental effort light middleweight see middleweight under middle lightˈ-mindˈed adjective
lightˈ-mindˈedness noun lightˈ-o'-love noun
light railway noun A railway of light construction lightˈ-spirˈited adjective Having a cheerful spirit light water noun Normal water (H2O) as opposed to heavy water (qv) light-water reactor noun A reactor using normal water as moderator and coolant (abbrev LWR) lightˈweight noun
adjective
lightˈ-winged adjective
lighten up (informal)
make light of To treat as being of little consequence middle /midˈl/adjective
ORIGIN: OE middel (adj); Du middel, Ger Mittel; see mid1 middˈlemost adjective Nearest the middle middle-ageˈ noun middle-agedˈ /-ājdˈ/ adjective Between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner middle-age spread or middle-aged spread noun A thickening of the body, esp the waist, attributable to the onset of middle-age Middle Ages plural noun The time between the fall of the W Roman Empire and the Renaissance (5c–15c) Middle America noun
Middle-Amerˈican noun and adjective middle article noun A newspaper article of literary or general rather than topical interest middˈle-brackˈet adjective In a midway grouping in a list middˈlebreaker noun (US) A lister middˈlebrow noun and adjective (a person who is) midway between highbrow and lowbrow middle C noun
middle class noun The section of society which comes between the aristocracy and the working class middˈle-class adjective middle common room or (Cambridge University) middle combination room noun In some universities, a common room for the use of postgraduate and mature students (cf junior common room, senior common room; abbrev MCR) middle distance noun
middˈle-distance adjective (in athletics) of or denoting a race of 800m or 1500m, or an athlete who takes part in such a race middle ear noun The part of the ear containing the malleus, incus and stapes middˈle-earth noun The earth, considered as placed between the upper and lower regions Middle East noun
Middle-Eastˈern adjective Middle-Eastˈerner noun middle eight noun An eight-bar section occurring two-thirds of the way through a conventionally structured pop song and acting as a foil to the rest of the piece Middle England noun The English middle classes outside London, regarded as politically and socially conservative Middle Englander noun Middle English see under English middle finger salute noun (slang) An offensive gesture expressing anger, frustration, etc, in which the middle finger is extended upwards from a closed fist middle game noun The part of a chess game between the opening and the end game middle ground noun
middˈle-income adjective Having, or relating to those who have, an average income which makes them neither rich nor poor Middle Kingdom noun
middˈleman noun
middle management noun The junior managerial executives and senior supervisory personnel in a firm middle name noun
middle-of-the-roadˈ adjective
middle passage noun (historical) The voyage across the Atlantic from Africa to the West Indies on board a slave-ship middle price noun (of a stock market share) a price midway between the buying (offer) price and the selling (bid) price, as often shown in newspapers middle school noun
middˈle-sized adjective Of average size Middle States plural noun Those states orig constituting the middle of the USA, ie New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware middˈle-stitching noun Monk's seam middle term noun (logic) That term of a syllogism which appears in both premises but not in the conclusion middˈleware noun (computing) Software that allows two otherwise incompatible programs or networks to operate together middle watch noun That from midnight to 4am middˈleweight noun
Middle West noun The region of the USA between the Appalachians and the Rockies, the Mississippi basin as far south as Kansas, Missouri, and the Ohio River Middle Western adjective Middle Westerner noun middˈle-world noun Middle-earth in the middle of
welterweight /welˈtər-wāt/noun
ORIGIN: Origin obscure welter race noun A race in which such weights are carried welter stakes plural noun The stakes in a welter race |
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