makeweight
英 ['meɪkweɪt]
美
- 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]
- 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
