makeweight
英 ['meɪkweɪt]
美
- n. 补足重量的东西
英英释义
- 1. anything added to fill out a whole;
- "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights"
- 2. a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
实用场景例句
- He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
- 他并不是作为凑数的成员签给俱乐部的。
柯林斯例句
中文词源
makeweight 充数
比喻用法。
双语例句
- 1. He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
- 他并不是作为凑数的成员签给俱乐部的。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- 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]
词态变化
复数: makeweights;