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单词 weighty
释义 weighty
\ˈwād.]ē, -āt], ]i\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from weight (I) + -y
1.
 a. : having much importance or consequence : momentous
  < let me have your advice in a weighty affair — Jonathan Swift >
  < a weighty problem >
 b. : expressing or characterized by seriousness or gravity : earnest, solemn
  < a weighty plea >
  < looked upon me with a weighty countenance — William Penn >
  < a rather weighty pause — Louis Auchincloss >
  < a weighty, consequential, humorless manner — Kinsley Amis >
2.
 a. : weighing a considerable amount
  < a weighty load >
  < several loads of extremely weighty cattle — Chicago Daily Drovers Journal >
  < put the weighty parcel back into the woman's arms — G.G.Carter >
 b. : of large size : corpulent
  < a weighty man >
 c. : falling or pressing heavily
  < a weighty blow >
 d. : heavy in proportion to its bulk : of high specific gravity
  < a weighty metal >
3. : hard to be borne : burdensome, grievous, onerous
 < a weighty evil >
4. obsolete : of standard weight
 < contract to be paid in weighty money — John Locke >
5. : having much force, influence, or authority : powerful, telling
 < is pretty clear that no book in the 18th century made quite so weighty or so wide an impact — H.J.Laski >
Synonyms: see heavy
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