Several weeks later, a visitor admired the stone, looked closely at it, hefted it in his hand and nearly fainted. 几个星期后,一位客人来欣赏那块石头,他仔细观摩着,放在手上掂量着,然后几乎晖厥过去。
He hefted the box and said it was not too heavy. 他掂了掂那个箱子说不算太重。
Someone hefted the register back up to its place on the counter. 有人拿起收银机,把它放回柜台原来的位置上。
He hefted a sack of wheat to see how heavy it was. 他举起一袋麦子看看有多重。
Few even came close, but one dad picked up his son, hefted him in his hands, and gave me the precise weight, right down to the ounces. 不过有一回,有位父亲,抱起他儿子,用手举起举,就说出了很准的体重。
Some hefted their luggage over their heads, while others carried children on their shoulders so they could breath more easily. 有人将行李高举到头顶,而还有人将孩子抬到肩膀上,这样他们可以更轻松地喘气。