单词 | heavyweight |
释义 | heavyweight /hev"ee wayt'/, adj. 1. heavy in weight. 2. of more than average weight or thickness: a coat of heavyweight material. 3. noting or pertaining to a boxer, wrestler, etc., of the heaviest competitive class, esp. a professional boxer weighing more than 175 lb. (79.4 kg). 4. of or pertaining to the weight class or division of such boxers: a heavyweight bout. 5. (of a riding horse, esp. a hunter) able to carry up to 205 lb. (93 kg). 6. designating a person, company, nation, or other entity that is extremely powerful, influential, or important: a team of heavyweight lawyers. n. 7. a person of more than average weight. 8. a heavyweight boxer or wrestler. 9. a person, company, nation, or other entity that is powerful and influential: a price hike initiated by the heavyweights in the industry. [1850-55; HEAVY + WEIGHT] |
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