lightweight
['laɪt'wet]
n. 均重/, , 足重, 性够

a. 均重, 重

[] 便,



lightweight
[ noun ]

1. a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds

<noun.person>

2. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

<noun.person>

3. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds

<noun.person>

4. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds

<noun.person>

[ adj ]

1. weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use

<adj.all>
a lightweight fabric
lightweight wood

2. having no importance or influence

<adj.all>
a lightweight intellect

Lightweight \Light"weight`\ (l[imac]t"w[=a]t`), n.
One of less than average weight; specif.: In boxing,
wrestling, etc., one weighing not more than 133 pounds (U. S.
amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). [WordNet sense 1]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. A person of small importance or mental ability, especially
one who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
[WordNet sense 2] [Colloq., Chiefly U. S.]

Syn: whippersnapper, jackanapes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

3. a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds. [WordNet sense 3]
[WordNet 1.5]


Lightweight \Light"weight`\, a.
1. Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or
animal who is a lightweight.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. made of thin cloth, of relatively little weight; -- of
clothing or fabrics; as, lightweight fabrics. [WordNet
sense 1]
[WordNet 1.5]