| 单词 | to weigh down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto weigh down a. transitive. to weigh down: to draw, force, or bend down by pressure of weight; figurative to depress, oppress, lie heavy on. Similarly, to weigh back, †on one side, to the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > oppress or afflict heavyc897 narroweOE overlayOE overseamOE twingea1300 to weigh downa1340 grieve1340 besit1377 oppressc1384 foila1400 thringa1400 empressc1400 enpressc1400 aska1425 press?a1425 peisea1450 straita1464 constraina1500 overhale1531 to grate on or upon1532 wrack1562 surcharge1592 to lie heavy uponc1595 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 to sit on ——1607 to sit upon ——1607 gall1614 bear1645 weight1647 obsess1648 aggrieve1670 swinge1681 lean1736 gravitate1754 weigh1794 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > condition of being oppressed > oppress [verb (transitive)] beareOE charka1300 to weigh downa1340 besit1377 to bear (a person or thing) heavyc1384 oppressc1384 thringa1400 empressc1400 accloyc1425 to sit downa1450 threst1513 downtread1536 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)1602 pressa1616 weight1647 to bear (a person or thing) heavily1702 weigh1794 freight1892 the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > excessively or weigh down overchargea1325 overcarkc1330 overladea1387 chargea1398 laden1514 overburden1532 ladea1538 overload1553 overpressa1577 overweigh1576 surcharge1582 to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595 overpoise1598 overweight1811 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vii. 17 He..likyd to be seruaunte of syn, swa þat his synn weghe him down, þat he neuer rise til þe rist of heuen. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Degrauo The vine lodeth and weigheth downe the elme. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 232 The watrie wette weighed downe his head. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxxvi. sig. X4v O could the mighty but giue bounds to pride And weigh backe fortune ere shee pull them downe. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiv. ii. 201 Then the rowers thought best to way the gallie on one side [L. unum in latus inclinare], and so to sincke her. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 7 Ô gentle sleep..how haue I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-liddes downe..? View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. ix. 15 The corruptible body presseth downe the soule, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth downe the minde that museth vpon many things. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 494. ¶4 There are many Excellent Persons, who are weighed down by this habitual Sorrow of Heart. 1783 W. Cowper Rose 4 The plentiful moisture incumber'd the flower, And weigh'd down its beautiful head. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 625 The people were weighed down by an insufferable taxation. 1858 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes S. Afr. 208 The Kaffirs returned, almost weighed down by the immense weight of meat. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 1303 Falling and weighed back by clamorous arms Sharp rang the dead limbs of Eurytion. 1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 215 Causes other than the inherent faults of the poem long continued to weigh down the reputation of Paradise Lost. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 252 What, then, was the consuetudo carnalis which thus weighed to the earth this soul of fire, striving to ascend to its true home? to weigh down 20. transitive. Of an object set in the scales (with down, up, †out; also †to weigh to the beam): To turn the scale when weighed against (something else); to outweigh, cause to rise in the scale. Also to weigh down (the balance or scale). Often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > ascertain the weight of [verb (transitive)] > weigh more than weigh1387 overbalancea1586 outweigh1646 preponderate1651 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. IV. 7 At þe laste þe stoon was leide in a balaunce, and he weieþ [MSS. α, β, γ, weygh, weyȝ, wayȝ] up al þat me myȝte leie aȝenst hym in þe oþer side. c1410 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 21 Helpe me to weye Ageyn the feend, þat with his handes tweye, And his might, plukke wole at the balance To weye vs doun. c1450 Knt. de la Tour 66 Her..euell dedes..weyed downe and ouercame her good dedes. c1450 Mirk's Festial 221 When alle his synnys wern layde on þe balans and was nygh ouercomyn, then come thylke brennet dekon, and layde a grete pote on þe wey þe whech anon weyit vp al togedyr. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. H8 Hard is the doubt, and difficult to deeme, When all three kinds of loue together meet, And doe dispart the hart with powre extreme, Whether shall weigh the balance downe. View more context for this quotation 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. 46 Yet all the wrongs could not a litle right downe way . View more context for this quotation 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 90 But in the ballance of great Bullingbrooke, Besides himselfe are all the English peeres, And with that oddes he weighs King Richard downe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 156 We poizing vs in her defectiue scale, Shall weigh thee to the beame. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. i. 87 My Friends, They that must weigh out my affllictions. View more context for this quotation 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 14 Four Ounces of Vigo Dust, shall weigh him down more, than four Tun of Honesty. 1711 J. Swift Examiner No. 26 One Whig shall weigh down ten Tories. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vii. 119 Where all other inducements were wanting, the habitual carelessness of his disposition stepped in and still weighed down the scale on the same side. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 7/3 Whose mistakes..are a thousand times weighed up by his countless individual deeds of true friendship. < as lemmas |
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