| 单词 | dead weight |
| 释义 | dead weight (once / 8749 pages) n WORD FAMILY dead weight: dead weights USAGE EXAMPLESTudyk: “He thinks of me as dead weight or as his chauffeur because I do fly the spaceship which is pretty cool.” Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) Bad loans are a dead weight on the Italian economy, because they prevent banks from providing credit needed for businesses to expand. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) Those dog-eared books I once lugged around Prague’s pubs and the steamy sidewalks of Bangkok now seem like dead weight. Wall Street Journal(Nov 17, 2016) 1n a heavy motionless weight Hyper weight the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity 2n an oppressive encumbrance Hyper burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus an onerous or difficult concern |
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