hefty

FREQ #19103 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 重的, 肌肉发达的

发音

US /ˈhɛfti/

词形变化

heftier 比较级 heftier heftiest heftiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive

    He can throw a hefty punch.

  2. 2.

    Strong; bulky.

    They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.

  3. 3.

    Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.

    He was a tall, hefty man.

  4. 4.

    Heavy, weighing a lot.

    She carries a hefty backpack full of books.

  5. 5.

    Large, healthy.

    That's going to cost you a hefty sum.

    a hefty fine

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

powerful healthy respectable tidy muscular sizable sizeable goodly brawny sinewy

近义相关 3

strong heavy considerable

参见 1

swole

词源

19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.

来源：wiktionary