| 单词 | heavily |
| 释义 | heavily (once / 174 pages) 1adv 2adv Anything that happens heavily is weighty, extensive, or labored. A car falling off its jack will crash heavily to the ground, and if you are a new runner, you'll be breathing heavily after the first mile. Sometimes the adverb heavily simply describes the action of something heavy — like kids' feet pounding heavily up the stairs, or an airplane landing heavily on the runway. There's also the "large amount" or "a lot" meaning, like when rain falls heavily or a director is heavily influenced by the cartoons of her childhood. Breathing heavily, on the other hand, means "with effort." WORD FAMILYheavy: heavier, heavies, heaviest, heavily, heaviness, heavyly USAGE EXAMPLESSome manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) When authorities issue red alerts, some manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Maybe by the end of 2017, they will find themselves featuring heavily in a highlight reel like this one: New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1adv slowly as if burdened by much weight Syn heavy 2adv in a heavy-footed manner he walked heavily up the three flights to his room 3adv with great force she hit her arm heavily against the wall 4adv in a labored manner he breathed heavily 5adv in a manner designed for heavy duty 2a heavily constructed car heavily armed 1adv to a considerable degree he relied heavily on others' data Syn to a great extent 2adv indulging excessively he drank heavily Syn|Ant hard, intemperately lightly indulging with temperance |
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