n.

1. 重，重量；體重[C][U]
   What is your weight?

   你體重多少？

2. 砝碼[C]
3. 重物；鎮石；文鎮[C]
4. 重量單位；（毒品）一磅重[U][C]
5. （精神的）壓力；重擔；負擔[C][（+on/off）]
   That's quite a weight off my mind.

   那真叫我如釋重負。

6. 價值；重要性；勢力；影響[U]
   Our boss's opinions seem to carry very little weight at home.

   我們老板的意見在家裡似乎沒有什麼權威。

   Matters of great weight are handled by the general manager himself.

   重大問題由總經理親自處理。

vt.

1. 加重量於，使變重
2. 加重壓於，壓迫
   She was weighted down with cares.

   她心事重重。

3. 稱……的重量；掂估……的分量

n.

1. a body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; heaviness.
   ▸Physics  the force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field.
   ▸the quality of being heavy.
   ▸a unit or system of units used for expressing how much something weighs.
2. a piece of metal known to weigh a definite amount and used on scales to determine how heavy something is.
   ▸a heavy object, especially one being lifted or carried or used as a counterpoise in a mechanism.
   ▸ (weights) heavy blocks or discs used in weightlifting or weight training.
3. the surface density of cloth, used as a measure of its quality.
4. ability to influence decisions or actions.
   ▸the importance attached to something.
5. a feeling of oppression or pressure:
   a weight on one's mind.
6. Statistics  a factor associated with one of a set of numerical quantities, used to represent its importance relative to the other members of the set.

v.

1. hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.
2. attach importance or value to.
   ▸plan or arrange so as to give someone or something an advantage.
3. Statistics  multiply the components of (an average) by factors to take account of their importance.
4. assign a handicap weight to (a horse).
5. treat (a fabric) with a mineral to make it seem thicker and heavier.