weight

英 [weɪt]

美 [weɪt]

n.  重量; 分量; 重; 重物
v.  在…上加重量; 使负重; (用重物)固定; 使加权

复数：weights　过去分词：weighted　过去式：weighted　现在分词：weighting　第三人称单数：weights　

中考高考IELTS考研计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1056 / COCA.954

短语动词

习惯用语

n.

take the weight off your feet
• （尤指疲乏时）坐下歇歇脚，坐下喘口气
  to sit down and rest, especially when you are tired
• Come and sit down and take the weight off your feet for a while.
  来坐下歇一会儿吧。
throw your weight about/around
• 仗势欺人；盛气凌人
  to use your position of authority or power in an aggressive way in order to achieve what you want
throw/put your weight behind sth
• 鼎力支持；全力相助
  to use all your influence and power to support sth
weight of numbers
• 人多势众；团队力量（或影响）
  the combined power, strength or influence of a group
• They won the argument by sheer weight of numbers.
  他们纯粹靠人多势众在争论中获胜。
groan under the weight of sth
• 在某物的折磨（或重压）下呻吟；被某物压得喘不过气来（或无法忍受）
  used to say that there is too much of sth
pull your weight
• 尽本分；尽职责
  to work as hard as everyone else in a job, an activity, etc.
worth your/its weight in gold
• 非常有用；很有价值
  very useful or valuable
• A good mechanic is worth his weight in gold.
  一位优秀的技工是不可多得的。

牛津词典

noun

重 being heavy
• 重量；分量
  how heavy sb/sth is, which can be measured in, for example, kilograms or pounds
  1. It is about 76 kilos in weight .
     这东西重约76千克。
  2. Bananas are sold by weight.
     香蕉按重量出售。
  3. In the wild, this fish can reach a weight of 5lbs.
     这种鱼在自然生存环境中可以长到5磅重。
  4. She is trying to lose weight (= become less heavy and less fat) .
     她正在设法减肥。
  5. He's put on/gained weight (= become heavier and fatter) since he gave up smoking.
     他戒烟后体重增加了。
  6. Sam has a weight problem (= is too fat) .
     萨姆太胖了。
  7. No more for me. I have to watch my weight .
     我不再吃了。我得控制体重。
• 重
  the fact of being heavy
  1. He staggered a little under the weight of his backpack.
     他身上的背包压得他有点步履蹒跚。
  2. I just hoped the branch would take my weight .
     我只是希望树枝经得住我的体重。
  3. The pillars have to support the weight of the roof.
     这些立柱必须支撑起屋顶的重量。
  4. Don't put any weight on that ankle for at least a week.
     至少要一个星期别让那个脚踝承重。
重物 heavy object
• 重物
  an object that is heavy
  1. The doctor said he should not lift heavy weights.
     医生说他不能举重物。
• （用于固定某物或用作机器部件的）重体，重物
  an object used to keep sth in position or as part of a machine
  1. weights on a fishing line
     钓线上的坠
责任；忧心 responsibility/worry
• 重任；重担；重压；压力
  a great responsibility or worry
  1. The full weight of responsibility falls on her.
     全部的重任都落在了她的肩上。
  2. The news was certainly a weight off my mind (= I did not have to worry about it any more) .
     这个消息真是去掉了我心里的重担。
  3. Finally telling the truth was a great weight off my shoulders .
     最后讲了实话使我如释重负。
影响；力量 influence/strength
• 重要性；影响力；力量
  importance, influence or strength
  1. The many letters of support added weight to the campaign.
     许多声援信增加了这场运动的影响力。
  2. The President has now offered to lend his weight to the project.
     总统现已主动表示支持这个项目。
  3. Your opinion carries weight with the boss.
     你的意见对老板有影响。
  4. How can you ignore the sheer weight of medical opinion?
     你怎么能忽视医生意见的绝对重要性呢？
  5. The weight of evidence against her is overwhelming.
     对她不利的证据让人无话可说。
测量；举起重物 for measuring/lifting
• 重量单位；衡制
  a unit or system of units by which weight is measured
  1. tables of weights and measures
     度量衡表
  2. imperial/metric weight
     英制 / 公制重量
• 砝码；秤砣；秤锤；杠铃片；哑铃
  a piece of metal that is known to weigh a particular amount and is used to measure the weight of sth, or lifted by people to improve their strength and as a sport
  1. a set of weights
     一组砝码
  2. She lifts weights as part of her training.
     举杠铃是她锻炼的一部分。
  3. He does a lot of weight training .
     他进行大量的举重训练。

verb

附上重物 attach heavy object
• 在…上加重量；使负重；（用重物）固定
  to attach a weight to sth in order to keep it in the right position or make it heavier
  1. The fishing nets are weighted with lead.
     这些渔网是靠铅坠下沉的。
重视 give importance
• 使加权
  to give different values to things to show how important you think each of them is compared with the others
  1. The results of the survey were weighted to allow for variations in the sample.
     这次调查的结果进行了加权处理，以包容样本中的偏差。
  2. a weighted vote (= one that is worth more than a single vote)
     加权选票
  3. a weighted grade (= given at school for a course that is more advanced or harder and so has a higher value)
     加权分数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 重量;分量;体重
  Theweightof a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons.
  1. What is your height and weight?...
     你的身高和体重是多少？
  2. This reduced the weight of the load...
     这减轻了负荷的重量。
  3. Turkeys can reach enormous weights of up to 50 pounds.
     火鸡能重达50磅。

In British English, a person's weight is normally measured instonesandpounds. Astoneis equivalent to 14 pounds, or 6.35 kilograms. When you are mentioning someone's weight, you often omit the wordpounds, andstoneusually has a singular form although its meaning is plural.Jodie confessed she now weighed 9 stone 12.In American English,poundsandkilosare used. I weigh 110 pounds.
在英国英语中，体重的衡量单位通常是英石或磅。1英石相当于14磅或6.35千克。提到某人的体重时，常常省略“磅”，而英石通常用单数形式表示复数概念：Jodie confessed she now weighed 9 stone 12 (乔迪承认她现在体重有9英石12磅)。美国英语中用磅和千克：I weigh 110 pounds (我重110磅)。

• N-UNCOUNT 过重;分量重
  A person's or thing'sweightis the fact that they are very heavy.
  1. His weight was harming his health...
     他体重过重，这有损他的健康。
  2. Despite the vehicle's size and weight it is not difficult to drive.
     尽管车子很大很重，但它一点都不难开。
• N-SING 重心
  If you move yourweight, you change position so that most of the pressure of your body is on a particular part of your body.
  1. He shifted his weight from one foot to the other...
     他把重心从一只脚转到另一只脚上。
  2. He kept the weight from his left leg.
     他一直不让左腿受力。
• N-COUNT 哑铃;杠铃片
  Weightsare objects which weigh a known amount and which people lift as a form of exercise.
  1. I was in the gym lifting weights.
     我在健身房举哑铃。
• 砝码;秤砣;秤锤
  Weightsare metal objects which weigh a known amount and which are used on a set of scales to weigh other things.
• N-COUNT (尤指需举起的)重物
  You can refer to a heavy object as aweight, especially when you have to lift it.
  1. Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure.
     用力提重物会导致血压升高。
• VERB 加重量于;使负重
  If youweightsomething, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example in order to stop it from moving easily.
  1. It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better.
     可以把它缝到窗帘的褶边里增加重量，使窗帘更有垂感。
• VERB 权衡…的价值;加权重于
  If youweightthings, you give them different values according to how important or significant they are.
  1. ...a computer program which weights the different transitions according to their likelihood...
     根据可能性的大小对不同转换进行加权处理的电脑程序
  2. This takes account of the number of countries in which a company wins approval for a new drug, weighted by the size of each country's market.
     这考虑到了允许一家公司的新药在本国上市的国家的数量，并依照每个国家的市场规模权衡其重要性。
• N-VAR 权重;重要性
  If something is given a particularweight, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is.
  1. The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models...
     相关科学家对不同模型的结论给予不同的权重。
  2. We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight.
     我们已经了解到各门功课差不多一样重要。
• N-UNCOUNT (事物的)分量，重量，重压
  If you talk aboutthe weight ofsomething, you mean that it is large in amount or has great power, which means that it is difficult to oppose or fight against.
  1. The weight of expectation was getting to them...
     他们逐渐感觉到了期望带来的压力。
  2. Companies found themselves collapsing under the weight of debts.
     许多公司发现自己因债台高筑而濒临倒闭。
• N-UNCOUNT 重要性;分量
  If someone or something givesweightto what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance.
  1. The fact that he is gone has given more weight to fears that he may try to launch a civil war...
     他已经离开这一事实让人更担心他会发动一场内战。
  2. Do you think, perhaps, that what happened today might lend weight to that criticism?
     你觉得今天发生的事情可能会使那种批评加剧吗？
• N-UNCOUNT 重要性;影响力
  If you give something or someoneweight, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation.
  1. Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.
     消费者在决定要买什么东西的时候往往更重视负面消息，而不是正面消息。
  2. ...the overwhelming weight Freud assigned parents in our development.
     弗洛伊德认为父母在我们的成长过程中所起到的举足轻重的作用
• N-SING 负担;重担
  If you feel aweighton you, you have a problem or a responsibility that is difficult for you to manage and that you are very worried about.
  1. The relief was indescribable. It was freedom after years of slavery. A great weight lifted from me.
     如释重负的感觉是难以言喻的。这是受多年奴役之后的自由。我卸下了一个重担。
• See also:weighting
• PHRASE 有分量;有影响力
  If a person or their opinioncarries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
  1. That argument no longer carries as much weight...
     那个论点不再具有那么大的影响力了。
  2. Senator Kerry carries considerable weight in Washington.
     参议员克里在华盛顿举足轻重。
• PHRASE 非常有价值;十分重要
  If you say that someone or something isworththeirweight in gold, you are emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them.
  1. Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold.
     任何一个成功的管理者都是千金难求的。
• PHRASE 尽本分;做好分内事
  If youpullyourweight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.
  1. He accused the team of not pulling their weight.
     他指责这个团队没有尽到本分。
• 仗势欺人;盛气凌人
  If someonethrowstheirweight aroundorthrowstheirweight about, they act aggressively and use their authority over other people more than they need to.
• PHRASE （利用自己的影响等）全力相助，鼎力支持
  If youthrowyourweight behinda person, plan, or campaign, you use all your influence and do everything you can to support them.
  1. The administration is throwing its full weight behind the UN plan.
     该政府正鼎力支持这项联合国计划。
• a weight offyourmind→ see:mind

英英释义

noun

• an artifact that is heavy
• sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting
  Synonym:free weightexercising weight
• the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
• the relative importance granted to something
  1. his opinion carries great weight
  2. the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed
  Synonym:weightiness
• an oppressive feeling of heavy force
  1. bowed down by the weight of responsibility
• (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
  Synonym:weighting
• a unit used to measure weight
  1. he placed two weights in the scale pan
  Synonym:weight unit
• a system of units used to express the weight of something
  Synonym:system of weights

verb

• present with a bias
  1. He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders
  Synonym:slantangle
• weight down with a load
  Synonym:burdenburthenweight down

双语例句

• He shifted his weight from one foot to the other
  他把重心从一只脚转到另一只脚上。
• This takes account of the number of countries in which a company wins approval for a new drug, weighted by the size of each country's market.
  这考虑到了允许一家公司的新药在本国上市的国家的数量，并依照每个国家的市场规模权衡其重要性。
• The administration is throwing its full weight behind the UN plan.
  该政府正鼎力支持这项联合国计划。
• Do you think, perhaps, that what happened today might lend weight to that criticism?
  你觉得今天发生的事情可能会使那种批评加剧吗？
• This reduced the weight of the load
  这减轻了负荷的重量。
• The weight of expectation was getting to them
  他们逐渐感觉到了期望带来的压力。
• The food had been adulterated to increase its weight
  食物被掺了杂质以增加分量。
• The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models
  相关科学家对不同模型的结论给予不同的权重。
• Despite the vehicle's size and weight it is not difficult to drive.
  尽管车子很大很重，但它一点都不难开。
• Companies found themselves collapsing under the weight of debts.
  许多公司发现自己因债台高筑而濒临倒闭。