weigh

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 wā

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of weighing, of measuring the weight
    — Give the sugar a quick weigh.
动词 v.
  1. To determine the weight of an object. transitive
  2. Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. transitive
    — He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
  3. To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. figuratively,transitive
    — You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
  4. To judge; to estimate. figuratively,intransitive,obsolete
    — But ſhe thereof grew proud and inſolent, / That none ſhe worthie thought to be her fere, / But ſcornd them all, that loue vnto her ment; / Yet was ſhe lou’d of many a worthy pere, / Vnworthy ſhe to be belou’d ſo dere, / That could not weigh of worthineſſe aright.
  5. To consider a subject. transitive
  6. To have a certain weight. copulative,intransitive,stative
    — I weigh ten and a half stone.
  7. To have weight; to be heavy; to press down. intransitive
    — If they ſhall faile, I with mine Enemies Will triumph o're my perſon, which I waigh not, Being of thoſe Vertues vacant.
  8. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. intransitive
    — Your vowes to her, and me,[…] / Will euen weigh, and both as light as tales.
  9. To raise an anchor free of the seabed. transitive
  10. To weigh anchor. intransitive
    — Towards the euening we wayed, & approaching the ſhoare [...], we landed where there lay a many of baskets and much bloud, but ſaw not a Salvage.
  11. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
    — Weigh the vessel up.
  12. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. obsolete
    — Thinke you I weigh this treaſure more than you? Not all the Gold in Indias welthy armes, Shall buy the meaneſt ſouldier in my traine.

词形变化

weighs present,singular,third-person weighing participle,present weighed participle,past weighed past waye alternative,obsolete weye alternative,obsolete weighs plural waye alternative,obsolete weye alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
aweigh beweigh downweigh foreweigh overweigh weigh against weigh a ton weigh down weigh enough weigh in the balance weigh in weigh-in weigh off weigh on weigh one's words weigh out weight weighty weigh up weigh station
相关词
weight

词源

词源 1
From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
词源 2
From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
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