heft /hɛft/ ( hefting, hefted, hefts )

• 1. 

  V-T If you heft something, you lift it upward. 举起

  例：

  Emmy straightened, hefting her burden.

  艾米挺直身子，举起了身上的担子。

  例：

  He hefted the heavy camera up onto his shoulder.

  他把重重的相机扛到了自己的肩上。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT The heft of something is its weight or bulk. 重量; 体积

  例：

  ...a friendly wireless Internet gadget about the size and heft of a thick pork chop.

  ...一个好用的无线网络小装置，和一份厚猪排的重量大小差不多。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT If something such as an idea or argument has heft, it has the power to influence or impress people. (观点、辩论等的)分量; 影响力; 重要性

  例：

  Goldstone wished Tom Hill were there to add heft to his argument.

  戈德斯通曾希望汤姆·希尔能在那里给他的辩论增加分量。

  例：

  The 155-page American edition of the book packs the intellectual heft of a much longer text.

  此书的美国版本只有155页，但具有加长版的知智分量。