weigh
$ \mathrm{weigh}^1 |wā|
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verb
1. with object find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales:
(はかりなどを使って)〈物･人〉の重さを量る, …をはかりにかける
e.g. weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet
e.g. the vendor weighed the vegetables.
have a specified weight:
〖～ C〗 〈人･物が〉Cの重さ［目方］がある (!(1)Cは〖名詞〗〖形容詞〗. (2)通例進行形にしない)
e.g. when the twins were born they weighed ten pounds.
balance in the hands to guess or as if to guess the weight of:
e.g. she picked up the brick and weighed it in her right hand.
(weigh something out) measure and take from a larger quantity of a substance a portion of a particular weight:
〈一定量の物〉を量り分ける
e.g. she weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco.
no object (weigh on) be depressing or burdensome to:
〈心配事などが〉 【人に】のしかかる «on»
e.g. his unhappiness would weigh on my mind so much.
2. assess the nature or importance of, especially with a view to a decision or action:
…を念入りに検討する
e.g. the consequences of the move would need to be very carefully weighed.
(weigh something against) compare the importance of one factor with that of (another):
〖～ A against B〗 AをBと比べ合わせて検討する(｟主に英｠ up)
e.g. they need to weigh benefit against risk.
no object influence a decision or action; be considered important:
｟かたく｠ 〈事･物が〉 «…にとって/…に有利に/…に不利に» 重きをなす, 重要性を持つ, 影響する «with/in favor of/against»
e.g. the evidence weighed heavily against him.
PHRASES
weigh anchor
see anchor.
weigh one's words
carefully choose the way one expresses something.
PHRASAL VERBS
weigh someone down
be heavy and cumbersome to someone:
e.g. my waders and fishing gear weighed me down.
be oppressive or burdensome to someone:
e.g. she was weighed down by the responsibility of looking after her sisters.
weigh in
(chiefly of a boxer or jockey) be officially weighed before or after a contest:
e.g. Mason weighed in at 203 lb.
weigh in at
be of (a specified weight).
cost (a specified amount).
weigh into informal
join in forcefully or enthusiastically:
e.g. they weighed into the election campaign.
attack physically or verbally:
e.g. he weighed into the companies for their high costs.
weigh out
(of a jockey) be weighed before a race.
weigh someone/something up
carefully assess someone or something:
e.g. investors weighed up their next move.
weigh in with
informal make a forceful contribution to a competition or argument by means of:
e.g. Baker weighed in with a three-pointer.
DERIVATIVES
weighable |ˈwāəb(ə)l| adjective
weigher |ˈwāər| noun
ORIGIN
Old English wegan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wegen ‘weigh’, German bewegen ‘move’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vehere ‘convey’. Early senses included ‘transport from one place to another’ and ‘raise up’.
$ \mathrm{weigh}^2 |wā|
noun (in phrase under weigh) Nautical
another way of saying underway (sense 2) .
ORIGIN
late 18th century: from an erroneous association with weigh anchor (see anchor).