| 单词 | weight |
| 释义 | weight (once / 77 pages) 1nv 2n 3nv The weight of a cat on your lap might not bother you, but the weight of your 156 pound Rottweiler? Oh boy. Weight refers to the heaviness of a person or object. In physics, weight is a precise measurement based on the force that gravity exerts on a mass. Got that? All meanings of the word weight are related to this sense of heaviness. Something that is important, like testimony at a trial or a serious conversation, can be described as having weight, even if you can't put it on a scale. WORD FAMILYweight: counterweight, underweight, weighted, weightless, weights, weighty+/counterweight: counterweighted, counterweights/weightless: weightlessly, weightlessness/weighty: weightier, weightiest, weightily, weightiness USAGE EXAMPLESResearchers photographed 210 kitchens to see whether countertop food reflects the weight of women in each home. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) But the real game-changing gadget here is not on the weight room floor. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) People considering gastric bypass surgery often focus on the immediate result: an end to obesity after struggling unsuccessfully to lose weight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity Hypo|Hyper body weight the weight of a person's body dead weighta heavy motionless weight heaviness, weightinessthe property of being comparatively great in weight poundageweight expressed in pounds tarethe weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo throw-weightthe weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket) lightness, weightlessnessthe property of being comparatively small in weight reporting weighta person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice) heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousnessthe property of being large in mass preponderanceexceeding in heaviness; having greater weight airiness, buoyancythe property of something weightless and insubstantial physical property any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions 2n an oppressive feeling of heavy force bowed down by the weight of responsibility Hyper oppression, oppressiveness a feeling of being oppressed 3v weight down with a load 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper burden, burthen, weight down disburden, unburden take the burden off; remove the burden from overburden load with excessive weight plumbweight with lead saddleload or burden; encumber charge fill or load to capacity 1n an artifact that is heavy Hypo|Hyper bob a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizera weight that balances another weight burden, load, loadingweight to be borne or conveyed makeweighta weight added to the scale to reach a required weight paperweighta weight used to hold down a stack of papers sinkera weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water) burthena variant of `burden' dead loada constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself kite taila bob on a kite to provide balance live load, superloada variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic millstoneany load that is difficult to carry overburden, overloadan excessive burden overloadan electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power plumb, plumb bob, plummetthe metal bob of a plumb line sash weighta counterweight for a sliding sash sounding leada metal bob at the end of a sounding line tare(chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 2n a unit used to measure weight he placed two weights in the scale pan Syn|Hypo|Hyper weight unit troy unit any of the unit of the troy system of weights apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weightany weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces arrobaa unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries cattie, cattyany of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) criththe weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure) frailthe weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds lasta unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds maunda unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries obolusa Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram okaa Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds picula unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry) pooda Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds rotla unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds taela unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces toda unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds welterweighta weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase) grain1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams scruplea unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains pennyweighta unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains drachm, drachma, drama unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains apothecaries' ounce, ounce, troy ouncea unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound apothecaries' pound, troy poundan apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams unit, unit of measurement any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange 3n a system of units used to express the weight of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper system of weights avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) troy, troy weighta system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains metric, system of measurement a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic 4n sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper exercising weight, free weight barbell a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting dumbbellan exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle sports equipment equipment needed to participate in a particular sport 1n the relative importance granted to something his opinion carries great weight Syn|Hyper weightiness importance the quality of being important and worthy of note 2n (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance Syn|Hyper weighting coefficient a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic 3v present with a bias Syn|Hyper angle, slant bias, predetermine cause to be biased |
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