heavy /ˈhɛvɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( heavier, heavies, heaviest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Something that is heavy weighs a lot. 重的

  例：

  These scissors are awfully heavy.

  这些剪刀非常重。

• 2. 

  heaviness N-UNCOUNT 沉重

  例：

  ...a sensation of warmth and heaviness in the muscles.

  …一种肌肉的温暖和沉重感。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use heavy to ask or talk about how much someone or something weighs. 重的

  例：

  How heavy are you?

  你有多重？

• 4. 

  ADJ Heavy means great in amount, degree, or intensity. 大量的; 过度的; 强烈的

  例：

  Heavy fighting has been going on.

  激战一直在进行。

  例：

  He worried about her heavy drinking.

  他为她的酗酒感到担忧。

• 5. 

  heavily ADV 大量地; 过度地; 强烈地

  例：

  It has been raining heavily all day.

  一整天雨都下得很大。

• 6. 

  ADJ A heavy meal is large in amount and often difficult to digest. 量大而难以消化的

  例：

  He had been feeling drowsy, the effect of an unusually heavy meal.

  他一直感到昏昏欲睡，因为吃了一顿异常量大而难以消化的饭、菜。

• 7. 

  ADJ Something that is heavy with things is full of them or loaded with them. 充满了…的 [文学性] [v-link ADJ 'with' n]

  例：

  The air is heavy with moisture.

  空气中充满了湿气。

• 8. 

  ADJ If a person's breathing is heavy, it is very loud and deep. 粗重的 (呼吸)

  例：

  Her breathing became slow and heavy.

  她的呼吸变得缓慢而粗重。

• 9. 

  heavily ADV 粗重地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  She sank back on the pillow and closed her eyes, breathing heavily as if asleep.

  她躺回到枕头上，闭上双眼，呼吸粗重，就像睡熟了似的。

• 10. 

  ADJ A heavy movement or action is done with a lot of force or pressure. 粗重的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a heavy blow on the back of the skull.

  …后脑勺上的一记重击。

• 11. 

  heavily ADV 粗重地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I sat down heavily on the ground beside the road.

  我重重地坐在路边的地上。

• 12. 

  ADJ A heavy machine or piece of military equipment is very large and very powerful. 重型的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...government militia backed by tanks and heavy artillery.

  …有坦克和重炮支持的政府民兵组织。

• 13. 

  ADJ If you describe a period of time or a schedule as heavy, you mean it involves a lot of work. 繁忙的

  例：

  It's been a heavy day and I'm tired.

  这是繁忙的一天，我累坏了。

• 14. 

  ADJ Heavy work requires a lot of strength or energy. 繁重的

  例：

  The business is thriving and Philippa employs two full-timers for the heavy work.

  生意很兴隆，于是菲莉帕雇了两名全职员工来干重活儿。

• 15. 

  ADJ If you say that something is heavy on another thing, you mean that it uses a lot of that thing or too much of that thing. 耗费…的 [v-link ADJ 'on' n]

  例：

  Tanks are heavy on fuel, destructive to roads and difficult to park.

  坦克耗油量大，对道路有破坏性，并且难以停放。

• 16. 

  ADJ Air or weather that is heavy is unpleasantly still, hot, and damp. (空气或天气) 阴沉的; 闷热的; 潮湿的

  例：

  The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.

  户外的空气阴沉、潮湿而闷热。

• 17. 

  ADJ A situation that is heavy is serious and difficult to cope with. 棘手的 [非正式]

  例：

  I don't want any more of that heavy stuff.

  我可再也不想碰那种麻烦事儿了。

• 18. 

  N-COUNT A heavy is a large strong man who is employed to protect a person or place, often by using violence. You can also use heavy to refer to a male character who represents such a man in a film or play. 保镖; 打手 [非正式]

  例：

  They had employed heavies to evict squatters from neighbouring sites.

  他们雇了一些打手，以赶走来自邻近地区的私自占地者。

  例：

  In 1943, he received his first role as a heavy in "Double Indemnity."

  1943年，他接了第一个角色，在影片《双重保险》中扮演保镖。