单词 | heavyweight |
释义 | heavyweightn. a. A person or animal of more than the average weight; spec. a jockey, etc., of more than the average weight; a professional boxer weighing over 12 st. 7 lb., or transferred, a horse which carries more than the average weight. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > ponderable matter > something unusually heavy of its kind > person or animal of more than usual weight welter weight1825 heavyweight1857 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance lightweight1773 sticker1779 maiden1807 favourite1813 mile-horse1829 outsider1836 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 stoner1862 rank outsider1869 pick1872 pot1874 timer1881 resurrectionist1883 short head1883 pea1888 cert1889 stiffa1890 wrong 'un1889 on the mark1890 place horse1890 top-weight1892 miler1894 also-ran1895 selection1901 loser1902 hotpot1904 roughie1908 co-favourite1922 readier1922 springer1922 fav1935 scratch1938 no-hoper1943 shoo-in1950 scorer1974 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > carrying specific weight lightweight1773 heavyweight1857 stoner1862 top-weight1892 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer > of specific weight welter1804 lightweight1817 middleweight1847 heavyweight1857 light middleweight1885 light-heavyweight1887 featherweight1889 light-heavy1892 light welterweight1892 welter weight1896 light welter1904 super heavyweight1907 middle1908 fly-weight1911 heavy1913 superheavy1917 cruiser-weight1920 light flyweight1922 cruiser1928 mini-flyweight1971 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider > types of feather1760 lightweight1773 welter1804 steeple hunter1830 a bad waster1833 steeplechaser1837 heavyweight1857 stoner1862 roper1870 point-to-pointer1929 jumping jockey1947 jump jockey1970 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iii. 17 The horses he kept were well up to his weight, and he stood A 1. in Jem Hill's estimation, as the best heavy-weight that had come out of Oxford for many a day. 1877 ‘Pugnus’ Hist. Prize Ring ii. 104 For such a heavy weight, Hooper had a particularly small foot, of which he was very proud. 1888 W. Day Horse Index 447 Heavy-weight carriers, how to breed. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 691/1 Heavy weights [amateur] to be over 11 stone 4 lb. 1889 E. B. Michell Boxing in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 147 The boundary between heavy and middle weight, down to feather-weight (9 stone). 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 351/2 The boxing rules of the American Amateur Athletic Association differ slightly from the British... The recognized classes by weight are: Bantam,..Feather,..Light,..Welter, 145 lb and under; Middle..and Heavy. 1917 Sat. Rev. 10 Nov. 373/2 Thanks to the muscle, he has become a champion heavy-weight. 1928 Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 16 Poor heavy-weights. Gallant ‘cruisers’. 1954 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. 52 Heavyweight, a standard weight division for professional boxers weighing more than 12 st. 7 lb.; for amateurs, 12 st. 10 lb. Thesaurus » Categories » b. figurative. ‘A person of weight or importance; one of much influence’ ( Cent. Dict.). U.S. colloquial. c. A work of large size or serious content. Cf. heavy adj.1 20a, 20b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > large or important opus magnum1704 magnum opus1791 holdall1903 heavyweight1928 1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War x. 111 When I saw scattered about the porch and the doorstep,..a number of volumes,..I could not but snatch up four or five... The heavyweight was..a treatise on Country Houses. 1963 Punch 3 Apr. 488/2 I have managed to convert my wisp of a conte into a heavyweight. d. attributive. Also as adj., particularly heavy of its kind. ΘΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy > unusually heavy1617 superheavy1822 heavyweight1895 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 283/1 Ladies' jersey knit ribbed vests, heavy weight Egyptian cotton. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 5/2 In a variety of cloths, serges, and heavy-weight cashmere. 1931 Bombay Chron. 14 Oct. 1 Heavy-weight championship. 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good i. 40 Oh, Sweetiest, why did you tell me that this heavyweight champion was a helpless invalid? 1958 Times 26 Sept. 6/3 Heavyweight American and Continental trucks and buses are not being exhibited. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 16/5 Figgins's heavyweight version of Caslon's (1816) Sanserif in 1832. 1972 Guardian 31 Oct. 11/5 Underwear: Heavy-weight tights in nylon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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