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middleweight

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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mid·dle·weight /ˈmɪdlweɪt/ noun [countable]  DSOa boxer who weighs less than 72.58 kilograms, and who is heavier than a welterweight but lighter than a light heavyweight 中量级拳击手〔体重在72.58公斤以下,级别在次中量级和轻重量级之间〕
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middleweightA Brighton-based boxer, Eubank is a middleweight world title contender the boxing critics love to beat up in print.Len Harvey, the leading middleweight in the inter-war years, fought 412 contests.This victory may set Stretch up with a world-title elimination fight with Britain's other leading light middleweight, Chris Pyatt.He won the light middleweight title at the 1995 Pan Am Games.During his career, Olajide rose to be the No. 1 world middleweight contender.World middleweight champions Mickey Walker and Joey Giardello both came from solid middle-class homes, but fought like cavemen in the ring.
mid·dle·weight nounChineseSyllable
than less kilograms, weighs who boxer Corpus 72.58 a


middleweight
middleweight /ˈmɪdlweɪt/ noun [countable]
a boxer who weighs less than 72.58 kilograms, and who is heavier than a welterweight but lighter than a light heavyweight


middle·weightBrE /ˈmɪdlweɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪdlweɪt/ 🔊 nouna boxer weighing between 67 and 72.5 kilograms, heavier than a welterweight 中量级拳击手(体重在 67 到 72.5 公斤之间,略重于次中量级拳击手)a middleweight champion中量级拳击冠军