heft

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++heft /heft/ verb [transitive]  1  to lift something heavy 举起〔重物〕heft something onto/into etc something He hefted his bag into the car. 他把自己的包扛到车里。2  to lift or hold something in order to judge how heavy it is 掂〔重量〕 Quinn hefted the package in his hands. 奎因提起包裹掂了掂分量。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

heft• Nor could the cadets yet don the power armour necessary to heft such bulk.• Young men hefted the 110-pound sacks of potatoes into a truck.• I stepped back obligingly and let him heft the box up off the floor and carry it to my car.• He memorized the positions of the walks before hefting the branch and starting down the slope.• There was another fellow running about there like us, some one from the guesthall, hefting things around off the altars.Origin heft (1400-1500) heave

heft verbChinese  

to Corpus something lift heavy

heft
heft /heft/ verb [transitive]1. to lift something heavy
    heft something onto/into etc something
    He hefted his bag into the car.
2. to lift or hold something in order to judge how heavy it is:
    Quinn hefted the package in his hands.