dead weight
短语自重
发音
AU
词形变化
dead weights
复数
dead weights
别名
deadweight
释义与例句
n.
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Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
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2.
The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e., the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
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3.
A dead load.
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4.
That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
可数 比喻 不可数She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.
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5.
The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.
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adv.
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With just enough weight for a ball to drop into a pocket, or come to rest in a precisely determined position.
He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.