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单词 weighed
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weighedadj.

Brit. /weɪd/, U.S. /weɪd/
Etymology: < weigh v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. That has had its weight ascertained by the scales.
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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.
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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.
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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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