English Dictionary

overweight

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/

形容詞

人物 車両 補語パターン

(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

日本語の意味

健康とされる体型や身長に対して、体脂肪などが多く、体重が標準を超えている状態。 / 一般に、健康上問題となるほど体重が多い状態。

After his annual checkup, the doctor told him he was overweight and needed to improve his diet.

年次の健康診断の後、医師に肥満気味で食生活を改善するよう言われた。

意味（1）

(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

Before her diet, Jane was noticeably overweight, but she shed five kilos in the next two months.

意味（2）

(transport, law, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.

All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant overweight permits only for non-divisible loads.

意味（3）

(investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.

Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.

more overweight （ comparative ）

most overweight （ superlative ）