tip the scales at somethingDSOto weigh a particular amount, used especially of someone who will be taking part in a sports competition 〔尤指参加拳击等比赛前〕称得重量为… At today’s weigh-in he tipped the scales at just over 15 stone. 他今天赛前称得体重正好超过15英石。
tip the scales at something• Reports claimed that the elfin figured star's weight plunged terrifyingly until she tipped the scales at a mere five stones.• Sid Kelly, who minds the net for table-topping Eccleshall, is believed to tip the scales at around 20 stones.• I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.• At today's weigh-in, he tipped the scales at just over 15 stone.• Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.
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