| 单词 | weigh |
| 释义 | weigh I. transitive verb 1. < weigh myself on a bathroom scales > < a thinking brain capable of weighing stars or atoms — L.C.Eiseley > — often used with up < when cotton was picked and weighed up — Lillian Smith > 2. obsolete 3. a. < a clean windscreen … could weigh the balance between life or death on the roads — Priscilla Hughes > — often used with down b. < better placed than some to weigh the particular criticisms against the general indictment — Barbara Ward > — sometimes used with off < the two commands must be weighed off the one against the other — J.C.Swaim > c. < sewing silk, weighed with fillers to lend luster — A.A.Stonehill > < sack of meal slung over his shoulder and weighing him forward — E.L.Thomas > — often used with down < his style is weighed down with localisms — Americas > < she weighed down her repertory with these plays — Frances Frenaye > 4. < in philosophy, the fact, the theory, the alternatives, and the ideal are weighed together — A.N.Whitehead > < grand jury is currently weighing indictments — Newsweek > < no tedious weighing of pros and cons — Irish Digest > < experts are already weighing the significance of the move — Nation > — often used with up < weighing up several propositions — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > < accustomed to weigh up situations and make decisions quickly — Times Review of Industry > 5. a. b. archaic 6. < weigh out equal portions > 7. < weighed a stone, then threw it > 8. 9. intransitive verb 1. a. < he weighs 200 pounds > < a sirloin steak weighing six pounds — Jane Nickerson > b. < a largemouth bass that weighed in at better than fourteen pounds — Horace Sutton > < the hog weighed out at 225 pounds after butchering > — compare weigh in, weigh out 2. < such recommendations will weigh in the candidate's favor > < those pieces of evidence will weigh heavily against him > < for the purposes of an editor of poetry stylistic evidence is evidence that must weigh — Times Literary Supplement > < arguments which … would be likely to weigh with other conscientious parents — Bertrand Russell > 3. a. < have one's gun weighing on one's arm — T.H.White b. 1906 > < extension of his erudition (which never weighs) to other literatures — A.T.MacAllister > < taxes weigh heavily on the incentive to save — A.E.Buck > b. < shook their heads sadly … as though the recollection of the interview weighed heavily — R.H.Davis > — usually used with on or upon < the responsibility for her decision weighed on her — Laura Krey > < their insecurity weighs upon them and causes much bitterness — L.S.B.Leakey > 4. < the fleet weighed and proceeded to the anchorage — S.E.Morison > 5. a. < finished third in a 2500-meter hurdle race … and went in to weigh — Ernest Hemingway > b. < the jockeys weighed before the race > Synonyms: see burden, consider, depress • - weigh anchor - weigh one's words II. 1. dialect England 2. < cheating the miners on the weigh — James Higgins > < recommendations as to weighs, qualities, and grades — Journal of Home Economics > III. < the ship's captain … immediately got under weigh — Deneys Reitz > < studies under weigh will show … the meaning of different scores — Science > < the political reaction which was already visibly under weigh — George Orwell > |
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