单词 | to carry weight |
释义 | > as lemmasto carry weight b. Without article. to carry weight: i.e. such additional weight as equalizes the competitors. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse to carry weight1734 to get up1840 screw1840 to come again1841 to set to1856 to wait off1856 romp1869 to answer the question1875 compound1876 to gallop to a standstill1892 nick1898 to take up1912 rate1920 1734 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 11 The highest Horse to carry 12 st. and all under his Size to be allow'd Weight for Inches. 1782 W. Cowper Hist. John Gilpin in Public Advertiser 14 Nov. ‘He carries Weight, he rides a Race.’ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iii. 66 ‘You ride four stone lighter than I.’ ‘Very well; but I am content to carry weight.’ 1886 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire & W. G. Craven in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 145 Weight for age is the basis of trials with old horses. 1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 117 The chief objections to an Arab are..his frequent inability to jump and to carry weight. 1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon viii He was a dark brown horse..up to weight, and good across country. to carry weight c. to have weight: to make an impression on, weigh with (those who judge a matter); to receive favourable consideration; to be recognized as valid or important. Similarly to carry weight. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > influence weighc1386 to have weight1565 society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] weighc1386 to have, bear, carry, strike a (great, etc.) stroke1531 to hold placea1535 to take place1535 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to have weight1565 say1614 to be no small drinka1774 matter1848 to pack a punch (also wallop)a1938 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iv. xviii. 256 He also sawe, the reasons he hath brought, are very simple, and carrie no weight. 1638 K. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 10 I conceive they are to have no more weight with those that have ability to examine them, then [etc.]. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 13 The Navy Officers, with whom it carries so much weight. 1707 J. Freind Acct. Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain 108 The latter opinion had its weight, and prevail'd. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxii. 211 If..such narrow motives have so little weight with me. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 270 The conditions, which constitute this right, must be taken together. Separately, they have little weight. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 368 If the tenant..were likely to be prejudiced by not being named, this objection would have weight. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 31 The visé of a minister carries more weight. 2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Mar. c16/1 The seal of approval from an international auditor such as Arthur Andersen carries considerable weight. < as lemmas |
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