weigh

weigh /weÇ/ v

၁။ ချိန်သည်။ ချိန်တွယ်သည်။ He weighed himself on the bathroom scales. ❍ The load must be weighed before it is put in the washing-machine. ❍ He weighed the stone in his hand
(ie estimated how heavy it was by holding it).
၂။ လေးသည်။ အလေးချိန်ရှိသည်။ How much do you weigh? (ie How heavy are you?). ❍ She weighs 60 kilos. ❍ (infml ) These cases weigh a ton (ie are very heavy) — what have you got in them?
၃။ (က) ~ sth (with/against sth) နှိုင်းချိန်သည်။ weighing the pros and cons ❍ weigh one plan against another ❍ weigh the advantages of the investment against the risks involved.
(ခ) ~ sth (up) လေ့လာချိန်ဆသည်။ ချင့်ချိန် သည်။ တွက်ဆသည်။ weigh the consequences of an action/ the evidence ❍ weigh up one's chances of success.
၄။ ကျောက်ဆူး နုတ်သည်။ We weighed anchor.
၅။ ~ (with sb) (against sb/sth) အလေးသာစေသည်။ His criminal record weighed heavily against him (with the jury). ❍ Her past achievements weighed in her favour as a candidate.
❏ weigh sb down [PHRV ] ဖိစီးသည်။ weighed down by worry and overwork ❍ The responsibilities of the job are weighing her down.
❏ weigh sb/sth down [PHRV ] ညွတ်(နေ)သည်။ The porter was weighed down by all the luggage. ❍ the branches were weighed down with ripe apples.
❏ weigh-in n (pl -ins ) (usu sing ) (ပြိုင်ပွဲမစမီ) ကိုယ် အလေးချိန် စစ်ဆေးခြင်း။
❏ weigh in (at sth) [PHRV ] (ပြိုင်ပွဲမဝင်မီ) ကိုယ် အလေး ချိန်သည်။ He weighed in at several pounds below the limit.
❏ weigh in (with sth) [PHRV ] (infml ) အရှိန်အဝါနှင့် ဝင်ပြောသည်၊ ဖိပြောသည်။ At that point, the chairman weighed in with a strong defence of company policy.
❏ weighing-machine n ကုန်ချိန်စက်။ ကတ္တား။ ချိန်စက်။
❏ weighing-scale n (usu pl ) ချိန်ခွင်။
❏ weigh on sb/sth [PHRV ] ဖိစီးသည်။ သောကရောက် စေသည်။ The responsibilities weigh (heavily) on him. ❍ It was obvious that something was weighing on her mind.
❏ weigh sth out [PHRV ] ချိန်လိုက်သည်။ weigh out a kilo of tomatoes ❍ Weigh out all the ingredients before you start making the cake.
❏ weigh sb up [PHRV ] လေ့လာအကဲခတ်သည်။ For most of the interview he sat in silence, weighing me up.
❏ weigh one's words [IDM ] စကားလုံးရွေးချယ် သုံးနှုန်း သည်။ I must weigh my words to avoid any misunderstanding.