heavy的基本意思是“重的”,通常指某物體很重,引申可指人在精神上感覺沉重,即“沉重的,沉悶的,憂郁的”,也可指天氣“陰沉的”。引申還有“力量、數量或程度異常大的”“繁重的”“笨重的,笨拙的”“嚴厲的,無情的”“難消化的”等意思。heavy在句中可用作定語、表語或賓語補足語。

常見句型

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語

It was hard walking on the slippery ice in our heavy boots.

我們穿著笨重的皮靴在滑溜溜的冰上很難走。

He wondered if the floor could support the heavy piano.

他擔心地板是否承受得住那架沉重的鋼琴。

I was held up by the heavy traffic.

我被擁擠的交通所延誤了。

Industry is a heavy user of electric power.

工業是用電量大的部門。

Sweet grass like a heavy green carpet grew along the edge of the river.

沿著河邊長滿了芳草,像是鋪著厚實的綠地毯一樣。

Heavy lines on the map indicate main roads.

地圖上的粗線表示公路干線。

He has a pair of animated eyes under heavy eyebrows.

他的濃眉下面長著一對炯炯有神的眼睛。

The aggressors suffered heavy casualties.

侵略者遭到重大的傷亡。

He is laden with heavy responsibility.

他肩負重任。

He went to meet her with a heavy heart.

他懷著沉重的心情去見她。

I must confess that this is a heavy blow.

我必須承認這是一個沉重的打擊。

She wore a heavy look, because someone offended her.

她的臉色陰沉沉的,因為有人冒犯了她。

用作表語

The box is too heavy.

這個箱子太重了。

Aluminium looks heavy but actually it is very light.

鋁看起來很重,實際上卻很輕。

The expenditure on new furniture is too heavy.

購買新家具的花費太大了。

The taxes on personal property are getting heavier.

個人財產稅越來越重。

I went back to our front line, for firing was going heavy again.

因為射擊又逐漸猛烈起來,我便返回前線去了。

My timetable is very heavy this term.

這學期我的課程很重。

My head is heavy.

我的頭昏沉沉的。

My heart is heavy as lead.

我的心情像鉛一樣沉重。

The mood here is surprisingly heavy today.

今天這兒的氣氛出乎意料地沉悶。

The box is heavier than that one.

這個箱子比那個重。

用作賓語補足語

I found such books too heavy going.

我覺得這樣的書太難讀下去。