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heft

/heft/US // hɛft //UK // (hɛft) //

坚固,重量,坚固性,坚固耐用

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
    • : significance or importance.
    • : Archaic. the bulk or main part.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to test the weight of by lifting and balancing: He hefted the spear for a few moments, and then flung it at the foe.
    • : to heave; hoist.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intote
Forms: hefted, hefting
as inheave
Forms: hefted, hefting

Examples

  • By the end of the weekend, the turkey pile had dwindled surprisingly far below the lip of the Tupperware, but the whole container still had serious heft.

  • Bearaby’s blankets are weighty enough to induce these effects, but unlike most products, they get their heft from the fabrics they’re woven from—not from little metal balls stuffed inside.

  • The acquisition adds heft to Bertelsmann’s publishing portfolio and fits with plans to expand the company’s Penguin Random House unit.

  • One project taking this route, Tesseract, is currently running in a basement at the University of California, Berkeley, looking for ripples from dark particles similar in heft to those that Sensei targets.

  • Iridescent orange in color, it looks sort of like a rosé but has considerable heft on the palate.

  • And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.

  • The film gave pretty equal heft to Captain America and Black Widow.

  • Its heft may scare away some casual readers, but Rough Country is surprisingly accessible.

  • In a room off the living room, saddles lounge everywhere you look, finely tooled leather saddles, things of great weight and heft.

  • The fibers of the meat absorb all the flavor, giving the beef tremendous heft.

  • "Heft it in your hand," said Barker, with boyish enthusiasm.

  • Tha weigh more, akordin tu their heft, than enny other kreetur, except a crowbar.

  • Considering the difference in our heft, I take it Ive got a birds appetite compared with you and Josh here—pound for pound.

  • Its no use trying for the rest, and weve got the heft of it.

  • There he seized a sharp axe, which he tried on the panel of the cabin, and then took the heft firmly between his teeth.