关于“大”你真的了解吗?
当然了,是“大雨”的“大”,你可能会告诉我:the heavy rain,那么我们就来说说heavy这个词。
01 heavy,英 /ˈhevi/,美 /ˈhevi/
adj. 沉重的;繁重的,巨大的;拥挤的;阴沉的n. 重物;严肃角色adv. 大量地;笨重地
普通用词,主要用于形容人或物的重量。
例句
What is the opposite of heavy? 重的反义词是什么?These scissors are awfully heavy. 这些剪刀非常重。
你可能会觉得,这也太简单了吧?那我们来点不简单的,heavy只是引子。
02 ponderous,英 /ˈpɒndərəs/,美 /ˈpɑːndərəs/ ,adj. 笨重的;沉闷的;呆板的
ponderous尤指庞大而沉重的。
例句
This machine is too ponderous to move.这台机器太重了,没法挪动。
The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the river.大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入河中。
03 weighty,英 /ˈweɪti/ , 美 /ˈweɪti/ ,adj. 重的;重大的;严肃的
主要形容重量比预想的沉,尤指书沉甸甸的。
例句
He lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.他从书架上取下一本厚重的书。
Your baggage must be very weighty.你的行李一定很沉。
04 hefty,英 /ˈhefti/, 美 /ˈhefti/
adj. 重的;肌肉发达的;异常大的adv. 强有力地;非常n. 体格健壮的人
例句
He gave the door a hefty kick. 他猛踢了一下门。
She was quite a hefty woman. 她是个相当高大的女人。
经过一轮简单的同义词辨析后,回到我们最初的词:heavy。
05 我们列举一下heavy的几种特别用法:
1、get heavy(informal) 变得严重;变得激烈
to become very serious, because strong feelings are involved
例句:They started shouting at me. It got very heavy.他们开始对我大喊大叫。情形变得很激烈。
2、a heavy heart悲哀的心情
a feeling of great sadness
例句:She left her children behind with a heavy heart.她十分难过地丢下了她的孩子们。
3、make heavy weather of sth小题大做
to seem to find sth more difficult or complicated than it needs to be
4、have a (heavy) cross to bear有本难念的经;有苦难要忍受
to have a difficult problem that makes you worried or unhappy but that you have to deal with
例句:We all have our crosses to bear.家家有本难念的经。