weigh
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they weigh | |
| he / she / it weighs | |
| past simple weighed | |
| past participle weighed | |
| -ing form weighing |
- linking verb + noun
to have a particular weight 有…重；重 How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you)? 你体重多少？ She weighs 60 kilos. 她体重为 60 公斤。 A healthy baby usually weighs 6 lbs or more. 一个健康的婴儿通常重6磅或更多。 The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg. 公老虎平均体重在200公斤左右。 The diamond weighs 4.50 carats. 这颗钻石重4.50克拉。 - (informal)
These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy). 这些箱子重得很。
- [transitive] weigh somebody/something/yourself
to measure how heavy somebody/something is, usually by using scales 称重量，量体重（通常用磅秤） He weighed himself on the bathroom scales. 他用浴室磅秤量体重。 Chicks were weighed and measured daily. 小鸡每天称重和测量。 She weighed the stone in her hand (= estimated how heavy it was by holding it). 她用手掂了掂那块石头的重量。
- [transitive]
to consider something carefully before making a decision 认真考虑；权衡；斟酌 - weigh something (up)
You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of something). 你必须权衡利弊。 She weighed up all the evidence. 她慎重地考虑了所有的证据。 You'll need to weigh up all your options. 你需要权衡一下你所有的选择。 The jury weighed up the evidence carefully. 陪审团仔细考量了证据。 - weigh (up) something against something
I weighed the benefits of the plan against the risks involved. 我认真考虑了这个计划的优点和有关的风险。 We weighed the cost of advertising against the likely gains from increased business. 我们权衡了广告成本和业务增加可能带来的收益。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- up
- against
- weigh something (up)
- [intransitive] weigh (with somebody) (against somebody/something)
to have an influence on somebody’s opinion or the result of something （对看法或结果）有影响；有分量 Extra ExamplesThis fact weighed heavily in her favour. 这个事实对她颇为有利。 His untidy appearance weighed against him. 他邋里邋遢的外表对他不利。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- strongly
- against
- in favour/favor of
- with
- …
- [transitive] weigh anchor
to lift an anchor out of the water and into a boat before sailing away 起（锚）
Word OriginOld English wegan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wegen ‘weigh’, German bewegen ‘move’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vehere ‘convey’. Early senses included ‘transport from one place to another’ and ‘raise up’.
Idioms
weigh your words
to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean 推敲；斟酌字句 He spoke slowly, weighing his words. 他慢慢地说，斟酌着他的话。