单词 | weighed |
释义 | weighedadj. 1. That has had its weight ascertained by the scales. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > weighed weighedc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 520/1 Weyd, or wowon, ponderatus, libratus. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 259 In a weighed quantity of digged earth..he set the seed of a squash. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 591 Then ascertain whether the weighed portions equipoise each other. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 765 A weighed quantity of the solid..is carefully introduced. 1886 W. Jago Chem. Wheat 407 Counterpoised and Weighed Filters. 2. Of judgement, opinion, etc.: Considered, balanced. †Of a person: Having a balanced and steady judgement. Cf. well-weighed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > of judgement: considered, sound adviseda1325 ballasted1552 level1600 weighed1647 unprevaricate1652 unmuddied1654 solid1662 emunct1679 unintuitive1842 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement > of persons well-judging1587 judicious1591 discerning1594 sound1615 solid1632 well-weighed1645 weighed1647 serious-minded1694 well-hired1828 balanced1836 discriminating1849 adult1906 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 37 The Admiral, with more weighed counsel..opposed the Princes opinion. 1650 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. (ed. 2) xvii. 29 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Secretary Walsingham and Secretary Cecil, a pair of the best weighd Statesmen this Island hath bred. 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 4 Aureng-Zebe, by no strong passion sway'd, Except his Love, more temp'rate is, and weigh'd. 1689 T. Rymer View Govt. Europe 67 Our English Ancestors have always been of a more steady principle, more wise, and more weigh'd, than to dance after their Politicks. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 3/1 The weighed judgments of the staid ‘councillor’. 3. With down: Depressed, downcast. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > condition of being oppressed > [adjective] oppresseda1500 heavy-laden1611 tentered1652 weighteda1732 weighed1822 care-worn1828 beaten down1876 1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i. 509 'Tis past fatigue which gives my weigh'd-down spirit An outward show of thought. 1935 S. Spender in London Mercury May 8 The tall girl with her weighed-down head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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