weight

• n. 重さ、重力；重荷；重量；重要性
• vt.重さを加える、重くする
• n.（重量）人の名前；（英）Werther；（チェコ）Weigert

weightからweighへ。

weight (n.)

Old English gewiht "weighing, weight, downward force of a body, heaviness," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Norse v?tt, Danish vegt, Old Frisian wicht, Middle Dutch gewicht, German Gewicht), from *weg- (see weigh).

Figurative sense of "burden" is late 14c. To lose weight "get thinner" is recorded from 1961. Weight Watcher as a trademark name dates from 1960. To pull one's weight (1921) is from rowing. To throw (one's) weight around figuratively is by 1922. Weight-training is from 1945. Weight-lifting is from 1885; weight-lifter (human) from 1893.

weight (v.)

"to load with weight," 1747 (figuratively, of the mind, from 1640s), from weight (n.). Of horses in a handicap race, 1846. Sense in statistics is recorded from 1901. Related: Weighted; weighting.

1. The company manufactures a range of innovative light t- weight cycles.

この会社は一連の新型軽自転車を生産している。

2.He lost two stone in weight during his time there.

彼はそこにいたときに体重が2英石落ちた。

3.Slimming snacks that offer miraculous weight loss are a con.

不思議なダイエット効果のあるダイエット菓子はペテンだ。

4.We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight .

各科目の差が多くないことが重要であることが分かった。

5.She stopped drinking but began obsessing about her weight .

彼女は酒をやめたが、体重問題に執着し始めた。