Betydning av weight På norsk

• 0 how heavy sb or sth is -- vekt [ masculine ]

  • The doctor checked his height and weight. Legen kontrollerte høyden og vekten hans.

  • an object with a weight of 68 pounds/kilos en gjenstand med en vekt på 68 pund/kilo

  • She’s put on a little weight. Hun har lagt på seg litt.

  • Did you lose some weight? Har du gått litt ned i vekt?

• 1 the fact of being heavy -- vekt [ masculine ]

  • The roof collapsed under the weight of the snow. Taket kollapset under vekten av snøen.

• 2 [ singular ] a great worry -- byrde [ masculine ]

  • The money I owed was a huge weight on my shoulders. Pengene jeg skyldte var en enorm byrde på mine skuldre.

• 3 the importance and influence that a person or idea has -- vekt [ masculine ]

  • The teacher’s words carried a lot of weight with me. Lærerens ord hadde stor vekt for meg.

  • The Senator threw his weight behind the candidate. Senatoren brukte sin innflytelse for å støtte kandidaten.

• 4 a heavy object that you lift or push for exercise -- vekt [ masculine ]

  • He used the weights in the gym. Kan brukte vektene i treningsstudioet.

• 5 the amount which a person or thing weighs -- vekt, tyngde

  • He’s put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.

• 6 a piece of metal etc of a standard weight -- lodd

  • a seven-pound weight.

• 7 a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport -- byrde

  • He lifts weights to develop his muscles.

• 8 burden; load -- tyngde, vekt

  • You have taken a weight off my mind.

• 9 importance -- vekt

  • Her opinion carries a lot of weight.

• 10 to attach, or add, a weight or weights to -- feste vekt/lodd på

  • The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.

• 11 to hold down by attaching weights -- tynge, gjøre tung

  • They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.