Heave



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 用力举
• ［英］ v. 用力举 ( to raise or lift with an effort)
• ［记］ 联想记忆: heaven ( 天堂) 去掉n
• ［例］ heave a heavy axe ( 举起重斧)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (heaved or hove; heaving)

• Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English hebban; akin to Old High German hevan to lift, Latin capere to take
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. obsolete elevate
  • 2. lift, raise <heaved the trunk onto the table>
  • 3. throw, cast <heaving rocks>
  • 4.
    • a. to cause to swell or rise
    • b. to displace (as a rock stratum) especially by a fault
  • 5. to utter with obvious effort or with a deep breath <heave a sigh of relief>
  • 6. haul, draw
• intransitive verb
  • 1. labor, struggle
  • 2. retch
  • 3.
    • a. to rise and fall rhythmically
    • b. pant
  • 4.
    • a. pull, push <heaving on a rope>
    • b. to move a ship in a specified direction or manner
    • c. past usually hove to move in an indicated way <the ship hove into view>
  • 5. to rise or become thrown or raised up
• Synonyms: see lift
• ? heaver noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1571
• 1.
  • a. an effort to heave or raise
  • b. hurl, cast
• 2. an upward motion ; rising; especially a rhythmical rising
• 3. horizontal displacement especially by the faulting of a rock
• 4. plural but singular or plural in construction chronic pulmonary emphysema of the horse resulting in difficult expiration, heaving of the flanks, and a persistent cough

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