featherweight
フェザー級
解説 Definition
featherweight は、ボクシングなどの格闘技で使われる「フェザー級」という意味です。日本語のカタカナ語とほぼ同じ意味ですが、競技によって具体的な体重区分は異なります。
A relatively light weight division in boxing and certain other combat sports. The precise permitted weight range varies by sport, governing organization, age group, or sex, so the term identifies a named division rather than one universal weight limit.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
feather「羽」＋ weight「重さ」で、直訳は「羽のように軽い重さ」です。格闘技では軽量級の一つで、日本語の「フェザー級」に対応します。win the featherweight title、a featherweight match と覚え、階級順を示す場面では bantamweight から featherweight へ move up と結び付けます。具体的な体重上限は競技団体ごとに確認が必要です。
The compound is highly visual: feather + weight literally suggests a weight as light as a feather. In combat sports, featherweight is the established name of a relatively light division, though it is not the very lightest category. Picture a fighter stepping onto the scale before a featherweight title match. Useful combinations include featherweight champion, featherweight title, featherweight bout, and move up to featherweight. Compare bantamweight, which commonly names a lighter neighboring class, and lightweight, which commonly names a heavier one. Exact limits differ among sports and organizations, so remember the category name rather than one fixed number.
例文
He won the featherweight title last year.
彼は昨年フェザー級のタイトルを獲得しました。
The fighter moved up from bantamweight to featherweight.
その選手はバンタム級からフェザー級へ階級を上げました。
Both athletes weighed in safely for the featherweight match.
両選手はフェザー級の試合に向けて無事に計量を終えました。
featherweight の類義語・関連語
featherweight の語源・成り立ち Etymology
feather（羽）+ weight（重さ）の複合語。羽のように軽い体重を意味し、ボクシングなどの軽量級の名称となった。feather は古英語 feþer、weight は古英語 gewiht に由来。関連語：lightweight（軽量級）、heavyweight（重量級）。羽一枚ほどの軽さという直感的な比喩から生まれた語。
Featherweight is a compound of feather and weight. Feather descends from Old English fether, while weight comes from Old English gewiht. The compound uses the familiar image of a feather as something extremely light. It was adopted as the name of a light competitive weight class, especially in boxing, and later became established in other combat sports. The exact technical limits are determined by each sport or governing body rather than by the word’s etymology.
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