weight

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 wāt

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. countable,uncountable
  2. An object used to make something heavier. countable,uncountable
  3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object. countable,uncountable
  4. Importance or influence. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
  5. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. countable,uncountable
    — He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.
  6. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.; Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,sometimes
    — I prefer weights over machines.
  7. Viscosity rating. countable,uncountable
  8. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances). countable,uncountable
  9. Synonym of mass (in general circumstances). countable,proscribed,uncountable
  10. Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.). countable,uncountable
    — I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.
  11. A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation. countable,uncountable
  12. The smallest cardinality of a base. countable,uncountable
  13. The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes. countable,uncountable
    — font weight
  14. The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight. countable,uncountable
  15. The illusion of mass. countable,uncountable
  16. The thickness and opacity of paint. countable,uncountable
  17. The thickness of yarn. countable,uncountable
    — If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that.
  18. Pressure; burden. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — the weight of care or business
  19. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. countable,uncountable
  20. Shipments of (often illegal) drugs. slang,uncountable
    — He was pushing weight.
  21. One pound of drugs, especially cannabis. countable,slang
    — [I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.
  22. Money. countable,dated,uncountable
    — No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.
  23. Weight class countable,uncountable
    — You’re no match for ’em. You ain’t up to their weight. It’s like little Black Strap standing up to Tom Spring,—the Black’s a pretty fighter but, Law bless you, his arm ain’t long enough to touch Tom,—and I tell you, you’re going it with fellers beyond your weight.
  24. Emphasis applied to a given criterion. countable,especially,uncountable
    — Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them.
动词 v.
  1. To add weight to something; to make something heavier. transitive
  2. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.; To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight. transitive
  3. To load, burden or oppress someone. transitive
  4. To assign weights to individual statistics. transitive
  5. To bias something; to slant. transitive
    — The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
  6. To handicap a horse with a specified weight. transitive
  7. To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc. transitive
    — With good peripheral vision he spots his teammate, Ray Evans, lurking in the scoring zone and sweeps a perfectly weighted pass to him.

词形变化

weights plural wt. alternative waight alternative,obsolete weights present,singular,third-person weighting participle,present weighted participle,past weighted past waight alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

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absolute weight all-up weight Aran weight axle weight axleweight baby weight balance weight balanceweight bantamweight birth weight biscuit weight biweight body weight bodyweight carcass weight carry one's own weight carry one's weight carry weight casting weight coin weight combining weight counterweight curb weight dead weight draw weight dry weight equal weight equivalent weight featherweight flyweight free weight gain weight give weight gram-molecular weight gross vehicle weight rating gross weight heavyweight hit above one's weight hit below one's weight kerb weight light-weight lightweight live weight loom weight lose weight molecular-weight must weight neat weight net weight non-weight-bearing open weights overweight paperweight pseudoweight pull one's own weight pull one's weight punch above one's weight punch below one's weight put on weight sash weight short weight syllable weight take the weight off take the weight off one's feet throw one's weight around throw one's weight behind throw-weight topweight triweight underweight weight bar weight-bear weight bear weight-bearing weight class weight down weight for age weightful weightfully weightfulness weight gain weight gainer weightless weight-lift weightlifter weight lifter weight lifting weightlifting weight loss weight measure weight off someone's mind weight off someone's shoulders weight of the world weightometer weight rack weight room weight-saving weight stack weight-train weight training weight-watcher weight watcher weight weenie weighty welter-weight welterweight worth one's weight in gold worth one's weight in salt yo-weight yo-yo weight
相关词
weigh
并列词
mass inertial mass gravitational mass

词源

词源 1
From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).
词源 2
From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).
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