weight
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons. 重量
What is your height and weight?
你的身高和体重是多少?
2. PHRASE If someone loses weight, they become lighter. If they gain weight or put on weight, they become heavier. 体重减轻; 体重增加
I'm lucky really as I never put on weight. 我真的很幸运,体重从未增加过。
The boy appeared anxious, had lost weight and was not sleeping well. 那个男孩显得很焦虑,体重减轻了,觉也睡不好。
3. N-UNCOUNT A person's or thing's weight is the fact that they are very heavy. 分量重
His weight was harming his health. 他沉重的体重正危害着他的健康。
4. N-SING If you move your weight, you change position so that most of the pressure of your body is on a particular part of your body. (身体的) 重心
He shifted his weight from one foot to the other. 他将身体的重心从一只脚挪到另一只脚上。
5. N-COUNT Weights are objects that weigh a known amount and that people lift as a form of exercise. 哑铃
I was in the gym lifting weights. 我正在健身房举哑铃。
6. N-COUNT Weights are metal objects that weigh a known amount and that are used on a set of scales to weigh other things. 砝码
7. N-COUNT You can refer to a heavy object as a weight, especially when you have to lift it. (尤其指必须举起的) 重物
Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure. 用尽全身力气举起重物会导致血压升高。
8. V-T If you weight something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example, in order to stop it from moving easily. 加重量于
It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better. 可以把它缝在窗帘的摺边里以增加窗帘的重量,使之更有下垂感。
9. N-VAR If something is given a particular weight, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is. 权重
The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models. 相关科学家们对不同模型的结论赋予的权重各不相同。
10. N-UNCOUNT If someone or something gives weight to what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance. 分量
The fact that he is gone has given more weight to fears that he may try to launch a civil war. 他已离开这一事实让人更加担心他可能要发动一场内战。
11. N-UNCOUNT If you give something or someone weight, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation. 重视
Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy. 消费者在决定购买的时候,一般更看重负面信息而不是正面信息。
12. →see also weighting
13. PHRASE If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people. 有影响力
Senator Kerry carries considerable weight in Washington. 参议员克里在华盛顿举足轻重。
14. PHRASE If you say that someone or something is worth their weight in gold, you are emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them. 极有价值[强调]
Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold. 任何成功的经理都非常有价值。
15. PHRASE If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity. 尽本分
He accused the team of not pulling their weight. 他指责队员们没有尽到自己的本分。
16. a weight off your mind→see mind
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weight /weɪt/ (weighting,weighted,weights)
剑桥词典
- I'm afraid I'm not a very good advertisement for the diet since I've actually put on weight!
- Compute the ratio of the object's height to its weight.
- Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel .
- My weight reduces when I stop eating sugar .
- The weight of the cathedral roof is carried by two rows of pillars .
weight noun (HEAVINESS)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the amount that something or someone weighs
重量,分量;体重
What weight can this lorry safely carry ? 这辆卡车的安全载重量是多少?
There was a slight decrease in his weight after a week of dieting . 经过一周的节食之后,他的体重略有减轻。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
a piece of metal of known heaviness that can be used to measure the heaviness of other objects
砝码;秤砣
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
any object that is heavy
重物
Try not to lift heavy weights. 不要试图举起重物。
I lift weights twice a week at the gym . 我每周去健身房两次练习举重。
例句
weight noun (INFLUENCE)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]respect , influence , trust , or importance
重要性;影响;分量
Her experience does give her opinions quite a bit of weight. 她的经验的确给她的观点增加了分量。
After he was voted out of office , few people attached much weight to what he said. 他落选下台以后,就没什么人重视他所说的话了。
Radical views don't carry much weight any more. 激进的观点影响力不再那么大了。
习语
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