weighty

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a. 重的, 有份量的, 沉重的, 重大的, 严肃的 [法] 有影响力的, 重要的, 重的

发音

US /ˈweɪti/

词形变化

weightier 比较级 weightier weightiest weightiest 最高级

别名

weightie

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a lot of weight; heavy.

  2. 2.

    Important; serious; not trivial or petty.

    比喻

    a weighty argument

  3. 3.

    Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

    重要

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

telling heavy grave grievous obese cogent corpulent rotund

反义词 1

weightless

近义相关 4

important fat heavy persuasive

词源

From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y. Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig. Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).

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