Weigh

[weɪ] or [we]

解释:

(verb.) to be oppressive or burdensome; 'weigh heavily on the mind', 'Something pressed on his mind'.

(verb.) determine the weight of; 'The butcher weighed the chicken'.

(verb.) have a certain weight.

艾哈迈德校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

(v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.

(v. t.) To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.

(v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

(v. t.) To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

(v. t.) To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.

(v. t.) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

(v. i.) To have weight; to be heavy.

(v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

(v. i.) To bear heavily; to press hard.

(v. i.) To judge; to estimate.

(n.) A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

整理:普雷斯利

同义词及近义词:

v. a. [1]. Try in the balance, find the weight of.[2]. Counterbalance, be equivalent to in weight.[3]. Examine, ponder, balance in the mind, meditate upon.

v. n. [1]. Gravitate, be heavy.[2]. Bear, press, bear heavily, press hard.

校对:内尔

解释:

n. a very common misspelling of way in the phrase 'Under way ' through confusion with the phrase 'To weigh anchor.'

to raise esp. a ship's anchor: to ponder in the mind: to consider worthy of notice.—v.i. to have weight: to be considered of importance: to press heavily: to weigh anchor get under sail.—adj. Weigh′able capable of being weighed.—ns. Weigh′age rate paid for the weighing of goods; Weigh′-bauk (Scot.) the beam of a balance: (pl.) a pair of scales; Weigh′-board (same as Way-board); Weigh′-bridge a machine for weighing carts with their loads.—p.adj. Weighed (Bacon) experienced.—ns. Weigh′er an officer who weighs articles or tests weights; Weigh′-house a public building for weighing goods ascertaining the tonnage of boats &c.; Weigh′ing; Weigh′ing-cage a cage in which live animals are weighed; Weigh′ing-machine′ a machine or apparatus for weighing heavy goods; Weight the heaviness of a thing when weighed or the amount which anything weighs: the force with which a body is attracted to the earth measured by the mass into the acceleration: a mass of metal adjusted to a standard and used for finding weight: anything heavy: a ponderous mass: pressure: importance: power: impressiveness: in mining subsidence of the roof due to overhead pressure also called Weigh′ting.—v.t. to make more heavy.—adv. Weigh′tily.—n. Weigh′tiness.—adjs. Weight′less; Weigh′ty.—Weigh down to depress: (Shak.) to preponderate over; Weigh in to ascertain one's weight before a contest as a horse-race; Weight of metal total weight of iron thrown at one discharge from a ship's guns.—Dead weight (see Dead).

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