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单词 weigh down
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to weigh down
a. transitive. to weigh down: to draw, force, or bend down by pressure of weight; figurative to depress, oppress, lie heavy on. Similarly, to weigh back, †on one side, to the earth.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict
heavyc897
narroweOE
overlayOE
overseamOE
twingea1300
to weigh downa1340
grieve1340
besit1377
oppressc1384
foila1400
thringa1400
empressc1400
enpressc1400
aska1425
press?a1425
peisea1450
straita1464
constraina1500
overhale1531
to grate on or upon1532
wrack1562
surcharge1592
to lie heavy uponc1595
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
to sit on ——1607
to sit upon ——1607
gall1614
bear1645
weight1647
obsess1648
aggrieve1670
swinge1681
lean1736
gravitate1754
weigh1794
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > condition of being oppressed > oppress [verb (transitive)]
beareOE
charka1300
to weigh downa1340
besit1377
to bear (a person or thing) heavyc1384
oppressc1384
thringa1400
empressc1400
accloyc1425
to sit downa1450
threst1513
downtread1536
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)1602
pressa1616
weight1647
to bear (a person or thing) heavily1702
weigh1794
freight1892
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > excessively or weigh down
overchargea1325
overcarkc1330
overladea1387
chargea1398
laden1514
overburden1532
ladea1538
overload1553
overpressa1577
overweigh1576
surcharge1582
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
overpoise1598
overweight1811
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vii. 17 He..likyd to be seruaunte of syn, swa þat his synn weghe him down, þat he neuer rise til þe rist of heuen.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Degrauo The vine lodeth and weigheth downe the elme.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 232 The watrie wette weighed downe his head.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxxvi. sig. X4v O could the mighty but giue bounds to pride And weigh backe fortune ere shee pull them downe.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiv. ii. 201 Then the rowers thought best to way the gallie on one side [L. unum in latus inclinare], and so to sincke her.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 7 Ô gentle sleep..how haue I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-liddes downe..? View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. ix. 15 The corruptible body presseth downe the soule, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth downe the minde that museth vpon many things. View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 494. ¶4 There are many Excellent Persons, who are weighed down by this habitual Sorrow of Heart.
1783 W. Cowper Rose 4 The plentiful moisture incumber'd the flower, And weigh'd down its beautiful head.
1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 625 The people were weighed down by an insufferable taxation.
1858 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes S. Afr. 208 The Kaffirs returned, almost weighed down by the immense weight of meat.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 1303 Falling and weighed back by clamorous arms Sharp rang the dead limbs of Eurytion.
1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 215 Causes other than the inherent faults of the poem long continued to weigh down the reputation of Paradise Lost.
1884 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 252 What, then, was the consuetudo carnalis which thus weighed to the earth this soul of fire, striving to ascend to its true home?
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to weigh down
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. 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.
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