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单词 weight
释义

weight1/wayt/ noun

the heaviness of a quantity or body; the amount that something a quantity or body weighs

the force with which a body is attracted towards the earth or another celestial body by gravitation, equal to the mass of the body multiplied by the local gravitational acceleration

a system of units of weight or mass

troy weight

any of the units of weight used in such a system

a piece of material, e.g. metal, of known weight for use in weighing articles

something heavy; a load

a heavy object used to hold or press something down or as a counterbalance

the weights of the clock

a heavy object thrown or lifted as an athletic exercise or contest

the quality of a fabric, e.g. lightness or closeness of weave, that makes it suitable for a particular use

any of the classes into which contestants in certain sports, e.g. boxing and wrestling, are divided according to body weight

(often in combination) the quality of a fabric, e.g. lightness or closeness of weave, that makes it suitable for a particular use or season

(used before a noun) denoting a garment made from such a fabric

a summer-weight suit

a burden or pressure

That is a weight off my mind

excessive body fat

am putting on weight

relative importance, authority, or influence

in mathematics and statistics, a number assigned to an item to express its relative importance in a frequency distribution or in the set of items to which it belongs

worth one's/its weight in gold

very useful, desirable, or valuable

[Old English wiht; the spelling has been influenced by weigh]

weight2verb trans

to load, make heavy, or hold down with or as if with a weight

to make (something) heavy with or as if with a weight

to oppress (somebody) with a burden

He's weighted down with cares

to assign a statistical weight to (something)

to arrange (something) in such a way as to create a bias

This wage structure is weighted in favour of employees with long service

to increase the heaviness of (e.g. a fabric) by adding an ingredient, e.g. size

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