| 单词 | hefty |
| 释义 | hefty (once / 3514 pages) adj Something that's hefty is big and heavy. When you have to lug a hefty suitcase around, it helps if it has wheels. Hefty objects are large and bulky, and you can describe people as hefty when they're big and brawny and strong. When you buy a hefty bag of dog food for your hefty bull mastiff, you might want to ask a hefty young employee if she'll help you carry it to your car. Hefty comes from heft, which means both "to lift" and "weight or heaviness." WORD FAMILYhefty: heftier, heftiest, heftily, heftiness+/heft: hefted, hefting, hefts, hefty USAGE EXAMPLESThe legislation is likely to erase the mandate that people buy insurance or face hefty IRS fines, which Republicans despise. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) None of them outshone the year’s top sporting animal, though: Brazil’s hefty and nonplussed golf course capybaras. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) After he lost his long legal battle over a hefty state fine, the Czech president warned him to pay up or lose his post. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj of considerable weight and size a hefty dictionary Syn heavy of comparatively great physical weight or density 2adj (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful a hefty athlete Syn brawny, muscular, powerful, sinewy strong having strength or power greater than average or expected 3adj large in amount, extent, or degree received a hefty bonus Syn goodish, goodly, healthy, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy considerable large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree |
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