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heaviest 音標拼音: [h'ɛviəst] a. 重的,巨大的 重的,巨大的 Heavy \ Heav" y\, a. [ Compar. { Heavier}; superl. { Heaviest}.] [ OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h[" o] figr, h[" o] fugr. See { Heave}.] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. [ 1913 Webster] The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. -- 1 Sam. v. 6. [ 1913 Webster] The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Sent hither to impart the heavy news. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. [ 1913 Webster] The heavy [ sorrowing] nobles all in council were. -- Chapman. [ 1913 Webster] A light wife doth make a heavy husband. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. [ 1913 Webster] Whilst the heavy plowman snores. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Neither [ is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. -- Is. lix. 1. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder. [ 1913 Webster] But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like. [ 1913 Webster] 9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread. [ 1913 Webster] 10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food. [ 1913 Webster] 11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors. [ 1913 Webster] 12. With child; pregnant. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] { Heavy artillery}. ( Mil.) ( a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. ( b) Troops which serve heavy guns. { Heavy cavalry}. See under { Cavalry}. { Heavy fire} ( Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. { Heavy metal} ( Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns. { Heavy metals}. ( Chem.) See under { Metal}. { Heavy weight}, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. { Feather weight} ( c), under { Feather}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy- built, heavy- browed, heavy- gaited, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
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