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单词 weaker vessels
释义

weak /wēk/

adjective
  1. Lacking strength
  2. Not able to sustain a great weight
  3. Easily overcome
  4. Frail
  5. Having poor health
  6. Feeble
  7. Soft (obsolete)
  8. Lacking moral or mental force
  9. Impressible, easily led
  10. Lacking artistic force
  11. Unconvincing
  12. Inconclusive
  13. Inconsiderable (Shakespeare)
  14. Having little of the important ingredient
  15. (with in) deficient in respect of
  16. (of a verb) inflected by regular syllabic addition rather than by change of main vowel
  17. (of a Germanic noun or adjective) having inflections in -n
  18. (of a sound or accent) having little force
  19. (of a verse line) having the accent on a normally unstressed syllable
  20. (of a syllable) unstressed
  21. Tending downward in price (stock exchange)
  22. (of an interaction between nuclear particles) having a decay time of approx 10−10 seconds
ORIGIN: ON veikr; related to OE wāc pliant, from wīcan to yield; Du week, Ger weich

weakˈen transitive verb

  1. To make weaker
  2. To reduce in strength or spirit
intransitive verb
  1. To grow weak or weaker
  2. To become less resolute or determined, show signs of giving in

weakˈener noun

weakˈish adjective

weakˈliness noun

weakˈling noun

A weak or feeble creature

weakˈly adverb adjective

  1. Sickly
  2. Not robust
  3. Feeble

weakˈness noun

  1. The state of being weak
  2. A flaw, shortcoming
  3. A liking or fondness (with for)

weaker sex noun (usu facetious)

Women

weaker vessel noun

A woman (from the Bible, 1 Peter 3.7)

weakˈ-eyed adjective

Having weak eyes or sight

weakˈfish noun

Any of a group of weak-mouthed food-fish of the genus Cynoscion (family Sciaenidae), esp Cynoscion regalis

weakˈ-handˈed adjective

Powerless

weakˈ-headˈed adjective

  1. Having a feeble intellect
  2. Easily affected by alcohol

weakˈ-heartˈed adjective

  1. Of weak spirit
  2. Soft-hearted

weakˈ-hingedˈ adjective

Ill-balanced

weak interaction or weak force noun (physics)

An interaction between particles complete in about 10−10 seconds, such interactions involving neutrinos and antineutrinos and being responsible for radioactive β-ray decay

weakˈ-kneedˈ adjective

  1. Having weak knees or a feeling of faintness
  2. Weak-willed, feeble, pusillanimous

weakˈ-kneedˈly adverb

weakˈ-mindˈed adjective

  1. Having feeble intelligence
  2. Having, or showing, lack of resolution
  3. Too easily convinced or persuaded by others

weakˈ-mindˈedly adverb

weakˈ-mindˈedness noun

weak moment noun

A moment when one is over-easily persuaded or tempted

weak side or weak point noun

That side or point in which a person is most easily influenced, most liable to temptation or most susceptible to error or attack

weakˈ-sightˈed adjective

weak sister noun (informal; esp US)

A weak, unreliable member of a group

weakˈ-spirˈited adjective

Cowardly

weakˈ-willˈed adjective

Lacking strength of will, irresolute

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