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deadweight

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dead·weight, dead weight /ˈdedweɪt/ noun [singular]  1. something that is very heavy and difficult to carry 沉重的东西,死沉的东西2. someone or something that prevents you from making progress or being successful 累赘,负担
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deadweightAlmost every staffroom in the land will rejoice again tomorrow at the final lifting of a deadweight on morale and hope.He's told me what a deadweight you were to him.
From Longman Business Dictionarydeadweightdead‧weight /ˈdedweɪt/ adjectiveTRANSPORT deadweight tons or tonnes are a measure of a ship’s weight when it is emptyThe maximum size vessel that can use the Panama Canal is a ship of about 65,000 deadweight tons.
dead·weight nounChineseSyllable
heavy carry is that to something Business Corpus very difficult and


deadweight
deadweight , dead weight /ˈdedweɪt/ noun [singular]
1. something that is very heavy and difficult to carry
2. someone or something that prevents you from making progress or being successful