🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

最大重量

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zuìdà zhòngliàng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Maximum-weight/ˈmæksɪməm weɪt/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这座桥的最大重量限制是二十吨。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    The greatest possible weight allowed, attained, or recorded for a specific object, structure, or living being.

    "The bridge has a maximum-weight limit of forty tons for commercial trucks."
As noun
  1. 1

    The upper limit of heaviness specified or permissible in a given context, such as competitive sports categories or transport regulations.

    "He had to shed two pounds to make the maximum-weight for the boxing match."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'maximum', originating from Latin 'maximus' (greatest) via Late Latin, and 'weight', originating from Old English 'wiht' or 'wæht', denoting heaviness or mass. The hyphenated compound emerged in technical, engineering, and regulatory contexts during the industrial era to denote absolute upper limits of heavy loads.

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