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strong, with heavy features, Ali:^,
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MATERIAL 4 (of the material or
substance that sth
is made of IfP74#4i£®44)
thick J?6<j: heavy curtains J? ®f oa heavy coat PTiHI light
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FULL OF STH Xli 5 ~ with sth (literary) full of or loaded
with sth ) : trees heavy with apples
H
it X ^ (ft W O The air was heavy with the scent of flowers. A ^ A lift M If 'i&§P 1$ ?£ # 0 0 His voice was heavy
with sarcasm.
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MACHINES f# 6 [usually before
noun] (of machines,
vehicles or weapons till# , X
^ ^ f#) large and
powerful SlMW); ^;iW: a wide range of
engines and heavy machinery 0
heavy
lorries/trucks JrSlAX
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BUSY Hfl: 7 [usually before
noun] involving a lot of work
or activity; very busy XfR ( a
heavy schedule $ #MR ^ 0i o She’d had a heavy day.
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WORK X# 8 hard, especially
because it requires a lot
of physical strength XX
&X f i]®: heavy digging/ lifting /«
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FALL/HIT XX; III 9 falling or hitting
sth with a lot of force UM.; SL&l:
a heavy fall/blow Sit iftgXX /
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MEAL/FOOD If #; 10 large in amount or very solid
MAW; J¥^W: a heavy
lunch/dinner XmWXHr / X foa heavy cake j?3£W1# PI33 light
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USING A LOT ffj IR:- 11 ~ on sth (informal) using a lot of
sth •••($; Older cars are heavy
on
gas. A IB W X 46 ^ o 0 Don’t
go so heavy on the
garlic.
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DRINKER/SMOKER/SLEEPER K|M / tt® / BS^WA
12
[only
before noun] (of a person A) doing
the thing mentioned more, or more deeply, than usual ( ) Hit W,
®
X—MW, HSW: a heavy
drinker/smoker Mft / ®0AWA o a
heavy sleeper Bfj#fR?EWA
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SOUND 13 (of a sound that sb
makes A^) loud
and deep P|r| rfn W: heavy
breathing/snoring tn. M W«^ / fffr 0 a heavy groan/sigh / BAH
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SERIOUS/DIFFICULT ff: 14 (usually disapproving)
(of a book, programme, style, etc. 45, tS. JxU&^)
serious; difficult to understand or enjoy *tfi
W; /R® W: We found the play very
heavy, pPMIR^R'iSo
0 The discussion got a little heavy.
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SEA/OCEAN ; ; 15 dangerous because of
big waves,
etc. ; MM W: strong winds and
heavy seas jxLH
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AIR/WEATHER A A AX 16 hot and lacking fresh
air,
in a way that is
unpleasant (Sj W; j£| W: It’s very
heavy—I think there’ll be a
storm. XXfRN^ 4^
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SOIL #g± 17 wet, sticky and
difficult to dig or to move
over J2 ( ) W
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STRICT XW 18 (of a person A) very
strict and severe nf M W; XRj 64:
Don’t
be so heavy on her—it
wasn’t
her fault.
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heaviness noun [U] IRTl get ‘heavy (informal) to become very
serious, because strong feelings are involved $l#F* Jr; They started shouting at
me. It got very heavy. MW&XJifcAlWwlo
IR^^A .heavy
going used to describe
sb/sth that is difficult to deal with or understand \H 413^11; VJ.
&JXJ1; She’s a bit heavy going, 0
0
I found the course rather heavy going.
X
0 heavy
'hand a
way of doing sth or of treating people that is much stronger and less sensitive
than it needs to be TMXM; 4IHAA; the
heavy
hand of management ffiflWIfSl/j A a heavy 'heart a feeling of great
sadness jf, M W A 'If : She left her children behind with a
heavy heart. MA4>ji£H;itfeilT7 MWi^TMTlo the 'heavy mob/brigade (BrE, informal) a group of strong,
often violent people employed to do sth such as protect sb ( jjl ® W ) 4TXPA, 4£!£ i} a heavy 'silence/'atmosphere a situation when
people
do not
say anything, but feel embarrassed or uncomfortable AAM ( ) IftfflJR ( ) make
heavy weather of sth to seem to find sth more difficult or complicated than it needs to be A US A fR
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more at cross n., toll n.
• noun {pi. -ies) 1 [C] (informal) a large strong man whose job is to
protect a person or place, often using violence ^; IT X 2 [U] (Scoff) strong
beer, especially bitter ( Xk ) X : a pint of heavy — $
madv. imai hang/lie heavy 1 ~ (on/in sth) (of a feeling or sth in the air ]jif# to be very notice
able in a
particular place in a way that is unpleasant BIMJ&i&XX; Smoke lay heavy on the
far
side of the water. A Me ^ M W® o
Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air. H ^
X A H X o 2 ~ on sb/sth to cause sb/sth to feel
uncomfortable or anxious ^ X ^The crime lay heavy on her conscience. (X£0
.heavy
‘breather noun a person who gets sexual pleasure from calling sb on the telephone and
not speaking to them v&Jrnf >1# ( XAtTXi$XXi£iA
/A ) ► .heavy 'breathing noun [U]
.heavy-'duty
adj. [only before noun] 1 not easily damaged and therefore
suitable for hard physical work or to be used all the time ; Jr?£J; jUX W: a
heavy-duty carpet it If (Hj itfe H 2
(informal, especially NAmE) very serious or great in quantity /“IW; ApR £KJ; 4:iM: / think you need some
heavy-duty advice.
.heavy
goods vehicle noun (BrE) = HGV .heavy-'handed adj. 1 not showing a
sympathetic understanding of the feelings of other people Hjfe5.|W]1f A ; i^gn&X a heavy-handed approach #@§ Alt W A W: 2 using unnecessary
force 3S H :
heavy-handed police methods 3
(of
a
person A) using too much of
sth in a way that can cause damage AXAP&J:
Don’t be too
heavy-handed with the salt.
.heavy
'hitter noun (informal, especially NAmE) a person with a lot of power,
especially in business or politics
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.heavy 'industry noun [U, C] industry that uses large
machinery to produce metal, coal, vehicles, etc. Ilf
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compare light
industry
.heavy
'metal noun 1 [u] a type of rock music
with a very strong beat played very loud on electric guitars 2 [C] (technical A ip) a metal that has a very high density (=
the relation of its weight to its volume), such as gold or lead MlkM .heavy 'petting noun [u] sexual activity that does not involve full
sexual intercourse , heavy-'set adj. having a broad heavy body ft
BOG] thickset
'heavy
water noun [U] (chemistry it) water in which hydrogen is replaced by deuterium, used in nuclear reactions
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heavy-weight /'heviweit/ noun 1 a boxer of the heaviest class in normal
use, weighing 79.5 kilograms or more litf^X-( 79.5 ) : a
heavyweight champion tltf $1? 2 a person or thing that
weighs more than is usual # #i] Jr fTjA (
#| ) 3 a very important person, organization or thing that
influences others XIiP|n)A^A ( ) :
a political heavyweight A o a heavyweight
journal W ^ P|nJ Xj XJ #7
Heb
raic /hi'brenk/ adj. of or connected with the Hebrew
language or people ; #16 A AW:
Hebraic poetry
Heb-rew
/'hiibru:/ noun 1 a member of an ancient race of
people living in what is now
of the
Hebrew language which is the official language of modern