英语词汇“to weigh to the beam”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

20. transitive. Of an object set in the scales (with down, up, †out; also †to weigh to the beam): To turn the scale when weighed against (something else); to outweigh, cause to rise in the scale. Also to weigh down (the balance or scale). Often figurative.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than

weigh1387

overbalancea1586

outweigh1646

preponderate1651

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. IV. 7 At þe laste þe stoon was leide in a balaunce, and he weieþ [MSS. α, β, γ, weygh, weyȝ, wayȝ] up al þat me myȝte leie aȝenst hym in þe oþer side.

c1410 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 21 Helpe me to weye Ageyn the feend, þat with his handes tweye, And his might, plukke wole at the balance To weye vs doun.

c1450 Knt. de la Tour 66 Her..euell dedes..weyed downe and ouercame her good dedes.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 221 When alle his synnys wern layde on þe balans and was nygh ouercomyn, then come thylke brennet dekon, and layde a grete pote on þe wey þe whech anon weyit vp al togedyr.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. H8 Hard is the doubt, and difficult to deeme, When all three kinds of loue together meet, And doe dispart the hart with powre extreme, Whether shall weigh the balance downe.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. 46 Yet all the wrongs could not a litle right downe way .

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 90 But in the ballance of great Bullingbrooke, Besides himselfe are all the English peeres, And with that oddes he weighs King Richard downe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 156 We poizing vs in her defectiue scale, Shall weigh thee to the beame.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. i. 87 My Friends, They that must weigh out my affllictions.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 14 Four Ounces of Vigo Dust, shall weigh him down more, than four Tun of Honesty.

1711 J. Swift Examiner No. 26 One Whig shall weigh down ten Tories.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vii. 119 Where all other inducements were wanting, the habitual carelessness of his disposition stepped in and still weighed down the scale on the same side.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 7/3 Whose mistakes..are a thousand times weighed up by his countless individual deeds of true friendship.

单词	to weigh to the beam
释义	> as lemmas to weigh to the beam 20. transitive. Of an object set in the scales (with down, up, †out; also †to weigh to the beam): To turn the scale when weighed against (something else); to outweigh, cause to rise in the scale. Also to weigh down (the balance or scale). Often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than weigh1387 overbalancea1586 outweigh1646 preponderate1651 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. IV. 7 At þe laste þe stoon was leide in a balaunce, and he weieþ [MSS. α, β, γ, weygh, weyȝ, wayȝ] up al þat me myȝte leie aȝenst hym in þe oþer side. c1410 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 21 Helpe me to weye Ageyn the feend, þat with his handes tweye, And his might, plukke wole at the balance To weye vs doun. c1450 Knt. de la Tour 66 Her..euell dedes..weyed downe and ouercame her good dedes. c1450 Mirk's Festial 221 When alle his synnys wern layde on þe balans and was nygh ouercomyn, then come thylke brennet dekon, and layde a grete pote on þe wey þe whech anon weyit vp al togedyr. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. H8 Hard is the doubt, and difficult to deeme, When all three kinds of loue together meet, And doe dispart the hart with powre extreme, Whether shall weigh the balance downe. View more context for this quotation 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. 46 Yet all the wrongs could not a litle right downe way . View more context for this quotation 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 90 But in the ballance of great Bullingbrooke, Besides himselfe are all the English peeres, And with that oddes he weighs King Richard downe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 156 We poizing vs in her defectiue scale, Shall weigh thee to the beame. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. i. 87 My Friends, They that must weigh out my affllictions. View more context for this quotation 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 14 Four Ounces of Vigo Dust, shall weigh him down more, than four Tun of Honesty. 1711 J. Swift Examiner No. 26 One Whig shall weigh down ten Tories. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vii. 119 Where all other inducements were wanting, the habitual carelessness of his disposition stepped in and still weighed down the scale on the same side. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 7/3 Whose mistakes..are a thousand times weighed up by his countless individual deeds of true friendship. extracted from weighv.¹ < as lemmas
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