n. 次中量级摔交运动员;次中量级拳击手
welterweight 次中量级拳击手
welter,拳击,词源不详,可能来自welt,打得鼻青脸肿,红肿,weight,重量。用于拳击术语。
... but at the end of the first German mile, Nature gave way, and this excellent mare was obliged to "knock under" to the extraordinary exertions she had made, and to the welter weight she carried, upwards of 13 stone. ["The Sporting Magazine," September 1831]