heavy
['hɛvɪ]
a. 重, 巨, 沉重, 笨重,

ad. 沉重

n. 重, 严肃

[] 重, 浓



heavy
heavier, heaviest
[ noun ]

1. an actor who plays villainous roles

<noun.person>

2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play

<noun.cognition>

[ adj ]

1. of comparatively great physical weight or density

<adj.all>
a heavy load
lead is a heavy metal
heavy mahogany furniture

2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number

<adj.all>
heavy taxes
a heavy fine
heavy casualties
heavy losses
heavy rain
heavy traffic

3. of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

<adj.all>
heavy artillery
heavy infantry
a heavy cruiser
heavy guns
heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries

4. marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

<adj.all>
a heavy heart
a heavy schedule
heavy news
a heavy silence
heavy eyelids

5. of great intensity or power or force

<adj.all>
a heavy blow
the fighting was heavy
heavy seas

6. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

<adj.all>
heavy hydrogen
heavy water

[ adv ]

1. slowly as if burdened by much weight

<adv.all>
time hung heavy on their hands

[ adj ]

1. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

<adj.all>

2. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

<adj.all>
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated

3. darkened by clouds

<adj.all>
a heavy sky

4. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

<adj.all>
Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'

5. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

<adj.all>
dense smoke
heavy fog
impenetrable gloom

6. of relatively large extent and density

<adj.all>
a heavy line

7. made of fabric having considerable thickness

<adj.all>
a heavy coat

8. prodigious

<adj.all>
big spender
big eater
heavy investor

9. full and loud and deep

<adj.all>
heavy sounds
a herald chosen for his sonorous voice

10. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

<adj.all>
a hard drinker

11. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

<adj.all>
grave responsibilities
faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
a grievous fault
heavy matters of state
the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference

12. slow and laborious because of weight

<adj.all>
the heavy tread of tired troops
moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
ponderous prehistoric beasts
a ponderous yawn

13. large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

<adj.all>
a heavy truck
heavy machinery

14. dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

<adj.all>
a heavy pudding

15. sharply inclined

<adj.all>
a heavy grade

16. full of; bearing great weight

<adj.all>
trees heavy with fruit
vines weighed down with grapes

17. requiring or showing effort

<adj.all>
heavy breathing
the subject made for labored reading

18. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

<adj.all>
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
spent many laborious hours on the project
set a punishing pace

19. lacking lightness or liveliness

<adj.all>
heavy humor
a leaden conversation

20. (of sleep) deep and complete

<adj.all>
a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleep

21. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

<adj.all>
was big with child
was great with child

Heavy \Heav"y\, a.
Having the heaves.


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.

2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure
or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy
yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
--1 Sam. v. 6.

The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
--Shak.

Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.

Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
--Shak.

3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened;
bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care,
grief, pain, disappointment.

The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.
--Chapman.

A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.

4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate,
stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the
like; a heavy writer or book.

Whilst the heavy plowman snores. --Shak.

Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden.

Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
--Is. lix. 1.

5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm,
cannonade, and the like.

6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.
--Byron.

7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the
sky.

8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a
heavy road, soil, and the like.

9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not
easily digested; -- said of food.

11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other
liquors.

12. With child; pregnant. [R.]

{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}.

Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which
need no special explanation; as, heavy-built,
heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.


Heavy \Heav"y\, v. t.
To make heavy. [Obs.] --Wyclif.


Heavy \Heav"y\, adv.
Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.