weighing
称重,称量,体重,秤重
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- : to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- : to hold up or balance, as in the hand, in order to estimate the weight.
- : to measure, separate, or apportion according to weight: to weigh out five pounds of sugar.
- : to make heavy; increase the weight or bulk of; weight: We weighed the drapes to make them hang properly.
- : to evaluate in the mind; consider carefully in order to reach an opinion, decision, or choice: to weigh the facts; to weigh a proposal.
- : Archaic. to raise, lift, or hoist.
- : Obsolete. to think important; esteem.
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- : to have weight or a specified amount of weight: to weigh less; to weigh a ton.
- : to have importance, moment, or consequence: Your recommendation weighs heavily in his favor.
- : to bear down as a weight or burden: Responsibility weighed upon her.
- : to consider carefully or judicially: to weigh well before deciding.
- : to raise the anchor and get under way: The ship weighed early and escaped in the fog.
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- : weigh down, to cause to become bowed under a weight: snow and ice weighing down the trees.to lower the spirits of; burden; depress: This predicament weighs me down.
- : weigh in, to be weighed by a medical examiner on the day of a bout.to be of the weight determined by such a weighing: He weighed in at 170 pounds. to be weighed with the saddle and weights after a race.Informal.to offer an opinion, advice, support, etc., especially in a forceful or authoritative way: The chairman weighed in with an idea for the fundraiser.
- : weigh out, Horse Racing. to be weighed with the saddle and weights before a race.to be of the weight determined by such a weighing.
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Jillian, who at the time of the accident was 5 years old and weighed just under 37 pounds, was belted into a Big Kid booster that had a “Side Impact Tested” label stitched into the seatback.
Brain imaging studies show that the prefrontal cortex turns on when we weigh risks and make decisions about how to act.
The curtain has been pulled back, but the public has every right to weigh in on this, just like big institutions always have.
As the Boston Red Sox weighed whether to bring back Alex Cora as their manager these past few weeks, it was never the legalities of the move that gave them pause.
In the case of a 2015 officer-involved shooting, for example, the review board had to weigh the case without having access to key documents and interviews.
Today, there are 360 NFL players weighing at least 300 pounds.
Millions of Scots are weighing up their own internal head vs. heart battles.
Barrels of wine, weighing 900 pounds each, are still toppled on one another.
It demands weighing the interests of all voters rather than advocating for the interests of just one group.
Weighing in on issues that have been decided for decades is the equivalent of saying nothing at all.
Her black eyes were fixed intently on his face, but she was thinking, weighing in her mind some suddenly-formed project.
How gracefully she led off the merry dance whilst clogs were on her spirits, weighing upon every movement.
Sometimes a piece weighing nearly a pound is found, and a weight of even ten pounds is recorded.
The mixture was washed on the eighteenth of the said month, and a small grain of gold, weighing one-half real, was obtained.
A grain of the appearance of silver, and weighing as much as one real, was obtained.