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welterweight

noun
🔊/ˈweltəweɪt/
🔊/ˈweltərweɪt/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a weight in boxing and other sports, between lightweight and middleweight, in boxing usually between 60 and 67 kilograms; a boxer or other competitor in this class次中量级拳击手（体重在 61 至 67 公斤之间）
    • a welterweight champion次中量级拳击冠军
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWelterweight is used before these nouns:
    • boxing
    • champion
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: welter of unknown origin.