单词
welterweight
英 ['welt?we?t]
美['w?lt?'wet]
基本信息
- n. 次中量级摔交运动员；次中量级拳击手
中文词源
welterweight 次中量级拳击手
welter,拳击，词源不详，可能来自welt,打得鼻青脸肿，红肿，weight,重量。用于拳击术语。
英文词源
- welterweight (n.)
- 1831, "heavyweight horseman," later "boxer or wrestler of a certain weight" (1896), from earlier welter "heavyweight horseman or boxer" (1804), possibly from welt (v.) "beat severely" (c. 1400).
... but at the end of the first German mile, Nature gave way, and this excellent mare was obliged to "knock under" to the extraordinary exertions she had made, and to the welter weight she carried, upwards of 13 stone. ["The Sporting Magazine," September 1831]
双语例句
- 1. Throughout his career, he fought as a welterweight / at welterweight.
- 他在整个拳击生涯中都是以次中量级参赛.
来自辞典例句
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