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heavy

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heav·y1 /ˈhevi/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp heavier, superlativesupl heaviest)  
1  heavy.jpg weight 重量HEAVY weighing a lot 重的，沉重的 OPP light
 The wardrobe was too heavy for me to move on my own.
衣橱太重，我一个人移不动。
 a heavy suitcase
沉重的手提箱
 The males are seven times heavier than the females.
雄性的重量是雌性的七倍。
 How heavy is the parcel (=how much does it weigh?)?
这个包裹有多重？
2  amount/degree/severity 数量/程度/严重性LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT great in amount, degree, or severity 很多的，大量的；程度大的；严重的
 The traffic going into London was very heavy.
通往伦敦的交通非常繁忙。
 Heavy rain has caused flooding in many areas.
大雨在很多地区造成水灾。
 Heavy fighting was reported near the border.
据报道边境附近发生了激烈的战斗。
 Heavy drinking during pregnancy can damage your baby.
怀孕期间大量喝酒会伤害到胎儿。
 I used to be a heavy smoker.
我曾经烟瘾很大。
 the heavy burden of taxation
沉重的税务负担
 If found guilty, they face heavy fines or even prison.
如被裁定有罪，他们将面临巨额罚款，甚至可能入狱。
 There were heavy casualties on both sides.
双方都伤亡惨重。
 England’s heavy defeat in yesterday’s match
英格兰队在昨天比赛中的惨败
 She’s in bed with a heavy cold.
她因重感冒而卧床。
 the film’s heavy use of special effects
影片中特技效果的大量运用
3  needing physical effort 费力的LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT needing a lot of physical strength and effort 繁重的，费力的
 My son does most of the heavy outdoor work.
大部分户外粗活是我儿子干的。
 She has a bad back and can’t do any heavy lifting.
她的背不好，不能提重物。
4  needing mental effort 费神的THINK ABOUT not easy or entertaining and needing a lot of mental effort 费神的，费脑力的
 I want something to read on holiday – nothing too heavy.
我想找点东西假期里看，要不太费脑子的。
5  heavy going UNDERSTANDdifficult to understand or deal with 难懂的；难办的
 I found his latest novel a bit heavy going.
我认为他最新的小说有点难懂。
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found ... heavy going• Although she usually got on well with children, she found Hilary heavy going.
6  be heavy on something informalTOO/TOO MUCH to use a lot or too much of something 大量[过度]消耗[使用]某物
 The car’s rather heavy on oil.
这辆汽车油耗很大。
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be heavy on something• The car's pretty heavy on oil.• Casualties were heavy on both sides.• Research shows that 73 percent of the console players are boys, so most of the new games are heavy on fighting.• The menu is heavy on meat and potatoes, with just a few token turkey, chicken and fish entrees.• Galleries in London, is heavy on the traditional, both in artwork and decorating.• They may not be contributory - but the odds are heavy on their being present.
7  heavy with something literary full of something 充满[满载]某物
 The apple trees were heavy with fruit.
苹果树上果实累累。
 The garden was heavy with the scent of summer.
花园里满是夏日的芳香。
 ‘Of course, ’ she said, her voice heavy with sarcasm.
“当然。”她说道，语气中充满了挖苦的意味。
8  heavy schedule/timetable/day etc LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa time in which you have a lot to do 紧张[工作繁重]的日程/时间表/一天等
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heavy schedule/timetable/day etc• The distant baying of a hound tugged at the heavy day.• Quite apart from the vines, I have a heavy day ahead of me - a lot of serious talking to do.• I understand the importance of the statement, but we have a heavy day ahead of us.• We have a very heavy day ahead of us.• But Joe was concerned about the heavy schedule he had to keep in order to maintain that income.
9. heavy breathing BREATHEbreathing that is slow and loud 沉重的呼吸，喘粗气 → heavy breather
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heavy breathing• The staff relaxed, until the building started expanding and contracting - an effect they described as akin to heavy breathing.• They heard heavy breathing and a figure appeared round the corner, clothed in the grey garb of Godstowe Priory.• The cabin was full of heavy breathing and the stink of our sweat.• There was no sound except the heavy breathing around him; the whole world seemed asleep.• The rustling of bushes and the sounds of heavy breathing at the sandbar to the north deepened the stillness of dusk.
10  make heavy weather of something British EnglishBrEDIFFICULT to make something that you are doing seem more difficult or complicated than it really is – used to show disapproval 将某事复杂化 对某事小题大做〔含贬义〕
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make heavy weather of something• Some publishers are making heavy weather of 1992.• I was making heavy weather of it but dared not rest for the cold.• So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process.
11  weapons/machines 武器/机器 [only before noun]PMW large and powerful 重型的
12  materials/clothes etc 材料/衣服等THICK OBJECT OR MATERIAL heavy materials, clothes, shoes, or objects are thick or solidly made 厚重的
13  food 食物DFF solid and making your stomach feel full and uncomfortable 难消化的 OPP light
14  eyes 眼睛 if your eyes are heavy, it is difficult to keep them open, usually because you are tired 〔由于疲倦而〕眼皮沉重的
15  body/face 身体/脸FAT
16  with force 用力STRONG PERSON hitting something or falling with a lot of force or weight 用力的；重重的
17  ground 地面
18  smell 气味CO strong and usually sweet 浓烈的，馥郁的
19  air 空气HOT too warm and not at all fresh because there is no wind 闷热的
20  emotions 感情 informal a relationship or situation that is heavy involves serious or strong feelings 认真的；感情深的
21  get heavy (with somebody) informal to start behaving in a threatening or strict way （对某人）露出凶恶的态度，严厉起来
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get heavy (with somebody)• Clouds of steam from the dishwasher filled the room when the going got heavy.• It was time for the regulators to get heavy.• It also offers a very impressive solution to one of guitar recording's biggest problems: getting heavy distortion on to tape.• Prices will vary from area to area and if we get heavy rain supplies will fall, forcing prices to rise.• Don't get heavy, said headvoice.• Only a dozen or so of the creeps in the black nighties, but they've got heavy weapons.
22  heavy silence/atmosphere QUIETa situation in which people do not speak and feel sad, anxious, or embarrassed 令人心情沉重[难堪]的静默/气氛
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heavy silence/atmosphere• Most unwillingly they went and stood before the hero in heavy silence.• Not a bird, not an insect, not a zephyr relieves that hot, heavy silence.• There is sun, heavy silence, a pervasive scent of parched vegetation, a lizard materialized on a rock.• He has a ready supply, and despite the heavy atmosphere and flat light it carries us out to Langdale.• A heavy silence fell upon the room.• For at least two minutes a heavy silence filled the hut.• She knew that if she didn't speak Carla would get more and more nervous, eventually breaking the heavy silence herself.• A heavy silence sank down on them.
23. heavy sky/clouds WEATHERclouds that look dark and grey as though it will soon rain 阴沉的天空/密布的乌云
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heavy sky/clouds• Looking northwards towards the end of the dale, she frowned to see the accumulation of heavy clouds above the moors.• Under dark, heavy clouds, I returned to the den on the river.• But towards morning heavy clouds spread across.• While they slept, heavy clouds swirled over the valley in massed ranks and the snow began to fall.• The heavy clouds that had gathered about the summit of Mont Blanc boiled from within.• Dark heavy clouds were crawling across the sky, blotting out the stars.
24. heavy sleeper SLEEPsomeone who does not wake easily 睡觉时不易醒的人，睡得很沉的人
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heavy sleeper• Some people who sleep next to snorers are able to tune out the sound, if they are heavy sleepers.• Mrs Fairfax is a heavy sleeper, like most old people, and didn't hear anything.• Or else she had become a heavy sleeper over the years.
25. heavy irony/sarcasm VERYremarks that very clearly say the opposite of what you really feel 辛辣的讽刺/嘲讽
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heavy irony/sarcasm• The intention is to curb the spread of package-tour baroque and heavy irony.• As the magazine with heavy sarcasm reported: Lady Betty adopted her new career with relish.
26. heavy seas TTWDNsea with big waves 波浪汹涌的大海
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heavy seas• A 20-knot northeast wind was raising heavy seas.• At the time there were very heavy seas.• In May at least 20 were reported drowned in a similar incident in heavy seas.• Search and rescue efforts were hampered Friday by rain and heavy seas.• The boat was making very slow progress in heavy seas.• The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.• Really heavy seas can force cancellation of services.• The ship went down in heavy seas off the coast of Scotland.• He treads water in heavy seas, yelling to search planes overhead.
27  with a heavy heart literarySAD/UNHAPPY feeling very sad 心情沉重地，悲伤地
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with a heavy heart• Eve had spent the day wandering around Dublin with a heavy heart.• I bowed to superior will and entered journalism with a heavy heart.• Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart.• She made her way to the cells with a heavy heart.• Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers, then with a heavy heart she gathered them up.• Virginia went up to her bedroom with a heavy heart, to change out of the clothes she'd worn all day.• Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle.• She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever see her sister again.
28. heavy date American EnglishAmERELATIONSHIP a very important date (=an occasion when you meet someone you like in a romantic way) with a boyfriend or girlfriend – usually used humorously 〔男女间的〕重要约会〔一般为幽默用法〕
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heavy date• They mentioned that you and Anna walked a hundred miles and that you were following it up with a heavy date.
—heaviness noun [uncountableU]
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heavy• It was a fierce battle, and losses on both sides were heavy.• My hiking boots are too heavy.• Some people find wholemeal bread too heavy.• They were heavy, as he knew from the numbing pain in his shin.• She didn't want things to get too heavy at such an early stage in their relationship.• heavy bread• Their sheer bulk in the heavy clothing made the people look like beasts.• Mr. Mason, who was Chief Engineer to both the electricity and tramway departments, claimed and received heavy compensation for severance.• heavy cream• a heavy discussion• a large, heavy-featured woman• Companies that continue to cause pollution will now face heavy fines.• a heavy fragrance• He wore a heavy jacket and a wool ski hat.• We gaze at one another despite the effort of heavy lids, our nodding heads, until the lull of sleep defeats.• After a heavy lunch my father fell asleep almost immediately.• heavy manual work• In the beginning Stax and Motown shared a heavy reliance on the cooperation of black radio to build audiences.• Still, some snakes prefer spots under rusty metal and heavy rocks.• There was still a heavy roll of musketry to our left, and some sharp firing on our right.• Heat the oil in a large, heavy saucepan.• It was a pretty heavy scene.• Brian's gotten very heavy since we last saw him.• His first wife Joy was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer.• She has a bad cough, caused by heavy smoking.• She patrolled the aisles like a gaoler and woe betide you if that heavy tread stopped at your desk.
How heavy• How heavy is it? b. How heavy it is!• How heavy is the package?
heavy use• Despite heavy use, it is one of the most fragmented national forests in the country.• Religious texts also make heavy use of causal conjunctions such as because, since, and for.• Without heavy use of fertilisers there would be no cereals on it.• When the guard arrived, they and the police made heavy use of firearms.• Therapeutic input makes heavy use of group work, though individual therapy is also possible.• WordPerfect is a good example of a word-processor that makes heavy use of these key combinations.• Dictionaries make heavy use of typography to convey information to the reader.• He makes heavy use of what may be called the Argument from Personal Incredulity.
heavy lifting• I cleaned up the house as best I could, and hired a couple of nice ladies to handle the heavy lifting.• Being a Council member entails neither heavy lifting nor punching a time clock.• The heavy lifting, the glory work, is done.
heavy machinery• Afterward, you can still drive and operate heavy machinery.• Patterns made in fields by the tracks of heavy machinery also frequently resemble patterns associated with archaeological remains.• The stolid chugging, the intense revving of big diesels, the bass throb: it all signalled heavy machinery at work.• There was quite an array of heavy machinery in sight, but none close enough to be a plausible source of accident.• Komatsu, which makes heavy machinery, is integrating its research system with that of its suppliers.• Hall of Power - a range of engines and heavy machinery, most of which are in working order and operated daily.• The steady hum of the drilling rigs and the rough growls of heavy machinery moving on the road smear the coastal quiet.• This, and the sound of heavy machinery passing underneath the window, kept me tossing and turning.
heavy build• If they provide excellent support for some one of heavy build they're most unlikely to suit anyone lighter.
The going ... heavy• Clouds of steam from the dishwasher filled the room when the going got heavy.• The going was heavy but I got there without mishap.• You could barely see the barber jackets for the brollies ... torrential rain and wind made the going heavy everywhere at Cheltenham.
heavy scent/perfume etc• Jezrael inhaled freshness, trying to rid her nostrils of that cloying, heavy scent.• Inside, a faint whiff of disinfectant was almost overpowered by the heavy scent emanating from bowls of blue hyacinths.• The ponderosas gave off a heavy scent of vanilla.
get ... heavy• Clouds of steam from the dishwasher filled the room when the going got heavy.• For months now, I've been droning on and on about how all cars these days are getting too heavy.• It was time for the regulators to get heavy.• Things started getting really heavy again after that.• Well, this morning he got very heavy and actually grabbed me and tried to kiss me.• With the elder Mercer at the stick, the ultralight gets a heavy daily workout.• Don't get heavy, said headvoice.• We had on these green woollen leotards which got very heavy when they got wet.
heavy2 adverbadv  
1. time hangs/lies heavy on your hands TIME/HOW LONGif time hangs or lies heavy on your hands, it seems to pass slowly because you are bored or have nothing to do 时间过得很慢/度日如年
2  be heavy into something American EnglishAmE spoken informal to be very involved in an activity, especially one that is not good for you 沉溺于某事物
heavy3 noun (plural heavies) [countableC]  
informalSTRONG PERSON a large strong man who is paid to protect someone or to threaten other people 保镖；打手
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heavy• Of course, we realize there are no heavies at all.• Being Latin, I play a lot of heavies.• The real heavies of the piece, the lawyers, offer him deals.• Only two questions remained unanswered - the puzzling absence of any sect heavies and Grant's worrying non-return.• The third was to contain the sect heavies, once they had been overpowered and captured.• Some were converting from the heavies such as the Lincoln and Washington, others from the recce and light bomber Mosquito squadrons.• With two rooms used up holding the heavies, the bedroom's all that is left.• The heavies will want everybody asleep, including me.
From Longman Business Dictionary
heavyheav·y /ˈhevi/ adjectiveadjFINANCE
if the price of shares in a particular company is heavy, it is high in relation to the prices of other shares on the same stockmarket. A company with a heavy share price may divide its shares into a larger number of units to make them easier to buy and sell
Origin heavy1
Old English hefig
heav·y1 adjectiveadj
→10-19
→20-28

heavy2 adverbadvheavy3 noun
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