单词 | heft |
释义 | heft (hɛft ) Word forms: hefts, hefting, hefted 1. transitive verb If you heft something, you lift it upward. Emmy straightened, hefting her burden. He hefted the heavy camera up onto his shoulder. 2. uncountable noun The heft of something is its weight or bulk. ...a friendly wireless Internet gadget about the size and heft of a thick pork chop. 3. uncountable noun If something such as an idea or argument has heft, it has the power to influence or impress people. Goldstone wished Tom Hill were there to add heft to his argument. The 155-page American edition of the book packs the intellectual heft of a much longer text. |
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