单词 | heavy |
释义 | heavy heavy // adjective (heavier, heaviest)
1 more or worse than usual in amount, degree, etc: Trading was heavy at 818 million shares. The bank faces heavy losses. Competition from cheap imports is now heavier than ever. The speculation prompted heavy selling of insurance stocks.
2 (about machines, vehicles, etc.) large and powerful: The company manufactures a wide range of heavy machinery. heavy trucks
3 (BrE) heavy on sth using or having a lot of sth: We're light on stocks and heavy on bonds.
4 [usually before noun] involving a lot of work or activity; very busy: a heavy schedule
5 needing a lot of physical strength: I have been advised to avoid heavy lifting.
heavily // adverb: Microsoft has invested heavily in China. heavily indebted telecoms firms (= with large amounts of debt) ◆ a heavily loaded van
IDIOMS
heavy hand a way of doing sth or of treating people that is much stronger and less sensitive than it needs to be: the heavy hand of management
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