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lightweight

/lahyt-weyt/US // ˈlaɪtˌweɪt //UK // (ˈlaɪtˌweɪt) //

轻量级,重量级,轻巧,轻量级的

Related Words

petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微failing失败,失败的,失效,失误incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事featherweight羽量级,羽翼丰满,羽绒服,羽量级的foolish愚蠢的,愚昧的,愚昧,愚蠢insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的weightless无重,失重,无重量,无重的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : light in weight.
    • : being lighter in weight, texture, etc., than another item or object of identical use, quality, or function: a lightweight topcoat;a lightweight alloy for ship construction.
    • : without seriousness of purpose; trivial or trifling: lightweight reading.
    • : of or relating to a lightweight: He's the new lightweight contender.
    • : able to carry up to 165 pounds.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person of less than average weight.
    • : Informal. a person who is of little influence, importance, or effect.
    • : a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a featherweight, and a welterweight, especially a professional boxer weighing between 126 and 135 pounds.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.inconsequential
Forms: lightweights
Synonyms
failing失败,失败的,失效,失误featherweight羽量级,羽翼丰满,羽绒服,羽量级的incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事foolish愚蠢的,愚昧的,愚昧,愚蠢imponderous深思熟虑的,深思熟虑,冥思苦想,深思熟虑的人insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的of no account毫无意义,不值一提,不值一哂,不足为奇paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒weightless无重,失重,无重量,无重的worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的

Examples

  • I’ve mostly stuck to pedal kayaks because they are lightweight, and more reliable because they are powered by me—not electronics.

  • It is lightweight, low-profile, 100% waterproof, and has a 5-day battery life.

  • You also wanted your pen to be lightweight and easy to move between rooms.

  • It’s lightweight at just 22 pounds and the side handles make it easy to carry.

  • The medical kit that astronauts use to patch each other up will have to be lightweight and compact.

  • With Gear 2, Gear Neo, and Gear Fit, Samsung is pushing lightweight hardware with long-lasting battery life.

  • Gates paints Reid as a lightweight more interested in Nevada issues than the defense of the nation.

  • He might have been considered a lightweight, but even if he didn't ask the tough questions, everybody watched him.

  • When the Undetectable Firearms Act passed in 1988, gun manufacturers had begun using lightweight polymer in handguns.

  • Without Diesel, this sequel seems like a lightweight, but brought on the much welcomed team of Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris.

  • You do have a recollection that those rods were a very lightweight metal?

  • Light as a lightweight acrobat Ahmet Ali had rolled aside, put palm to ground, sprung to his feet.

  • For his one chance was in his youth and the method he had learned from the lightweight champion of the world.

  • In lightweight circles, at any rate, old-fashioned proprieties are still effective.

  • I never saw anything prettier than the way Bert flung him back as though he had been a lightweight.

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