單詞
makeweight
英 ['me?kwe?t]
美
基本信息
- n. 補(bǔ)足重量的東西
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?makeweights;
中文詞源
makeweight 充數(shù)
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- makeweight (n.)
- also make-weight, 1690s, "small quantity of something added to make the total reach a certain weight," from make (v.) + weight.
MAKE WEIGHT. A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London, 1785]
雙語例句
- 1. He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
- 他并不是作為湊數(shù)的成員簽給俱樂部的。
來自柯林斯例句
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