heft
heft
verb
verb
- [with obj. and adverbial]lift or carry (something heavy)
提，举，扛（重物）
Donald hefted a stone jar of whisky into position.
唐纳德搬起装威士忌的石罐，把它放好。
■lift or hold (something) in order to test its weight
掂（某物）的重量
Aileen hefted the gun in her hand.
艾琳掂了掂手中这把枪的重量。
- [mass noun](chieflyN. Amer.)the weight of someone or something
(主北美)（人或物的）重量
■(figurative)ability or influence
(喻)能力，影响
his colleagues wonder if he has the intellectual heft for his new job.
他的同事不知道他是否有足够的智力胜任他的新工作。
- late Middle English (as a noun): probably from heave, on the pattern of words such as cleft and weft
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