- makeweight (n.)
[makeweight 词源字典]
- also make-weight, 1690s, "small quantity of something added to make the total reach a certain weight," from make (v.) + weight.
MAKE WEIGHT. A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London, 1785]
[makeweight etymology, makeweight origin, 英语词源]