underweight

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being underweight. uncountable
    — 1996, United States Institute of Medicine Committee on Scientific Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria, WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment, National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 110, Underweight reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight.
  2. An underweight person. countable
  3. An underweight investment. countable
    — Further, structured managers usually attempt to hit their lower targets by relying on a relatively large number of small active deviations (i.e., overweights and underweights).
动词 v.
  1. To underestimate the weight of. transitive
  2. To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of. transitive
  3. To invest in less than conventional wisdom would dictate. transitive
    — Although the portfolio overweights the German market, it underweights German marks.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
    — He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes.
  2. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
    — The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.
  3. Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
    — The fund is underweight in mining.

词形变化

more underweight comparative most underweight superlative underweights plural underweights present,singular,third-person underweighting participle,present underweighted participle,past underweighted past

词汇关系

反义词
overweight

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English weight
English underweight
From under- + weight.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English weight
English underweight
From under- + weight.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English weight
English underweight
From under- + weight.
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