词汇 | hefty |
词源 | hefty [M19th] This was originally a US dialect word formed from Late Middle English heft ‘the weight of someone’, which came from Old English heave, also the source of Old English heavy. Heave-ho [LME] was originally a nautical expression, used when hauling a rope. |
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