ウェルター級
解説 Definition
welterweight は、ボクシングなどの格闘技における体重階級の一つ、ウェルタ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範囲は異なります。
A welterweight is a competitor in a weight class used in boxing and certain other combat sports. The precise permitted weight range depends on the sport, governing organization, and sometimes whether the competition is amateur or professional.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
welter と weight「体重」を組み合わせた階級名。競馬の重量区分を経て格闘技の用語になった。move up to welterweight、welterweight champion、welterweight bout の形で覚える。lightweight や middleweight と同じ構造だが、具体的な上限・下限は競技団体ごとに異なる。
Break welterweight into welter and weight, and group it with familiar class names such as lightweight and middleweight. It names both the division and an athlete competing in that division. Useful combinations are welterweight champion, welterweight bout, and move up to welterweight. Avoid memorizing one universal numerical limit: boxing, mixed martial arts, and other combat sports may define the class differently, and separate organizations can also apply different rules.
例文
He moved up to the welterweight division last year.
彼は昨年、ウェルター級に階級を上げました。
The welterweight champion will defend his title next month.
ウェルター級の王者は来月、タイトルを防衛します。
The match was scheduled as a welterweight bout.
その試合はウェルター級の一戦として予定されました。
welterweight の類義語・関連語
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welterweight の語源・成り立ち Etymology
welterweight は welter+weight の複合語です。weight は古英語由来で「重さ」、welter は「重い乗り手・大物」を指した語で、競馬の重量区分から転じて、ボクシングの「ウェルター級」を表すようになりました。関連語は lightweight, middleweight。
Welterweight is a compound of welter and weight. Weight is inherited from Old English. Welter was used in horse racing for events or weight arrangements involving comparatively heavy burdens, and the racing term was later applied to a weight division in boxing. The boxing use became established around the turn of the twentieth century and subsequently spread to other combat sports, whose exact limits do not necessarily match one another.
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