壓在手上的重量
這一支就是核心畫面本身，沒有轉彎：東西放在手上，手往下沉。
adjective · C1
Heavy — having enough weight that you feel it in your arms when you lift, carry, or put the thing down.
沉重的
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: the moment something is placed in your hands and your wrists dip. Weighty names that dip. Sometimes the thing really is heavy — a thick book, an iron chain. Sometimes nothing is in your hands at all, and what dips is your attention: a question you cannot answer quickly, a decision you have to sit down with. Same downward pull, different place.
可以想成有人把一樣東西放到你手上，手腕立刻往下沉的那一秒。weighty 說的就是那個下沉。有時候東西是真的重，像厚…更多收起
可以想成有人把一樣東西放到你手上，手腕立刻往下沉的那一秒。weighty 說的就是那個下沉。有時候東西是真的重，像厚字典、鐵鍊。有時候手上什麼也沒有，往下沉的是你的心思：一個答不出來的問題，一個得坐下來想的決定。同樣是往下壓，只是換了地方。From the word’s history
weight plus the ending -y, recorded in Middle English as weighti: carrying weight.
weight（重量）加上 -y（帶有…的），中古英文寫成 weighti，就是「帶著重量的」。這一條線索正好對上兩個用法：一個是手上的重量，一個是心上的重量。
Wiktionary entry 'weighty' in the supplied packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:673071670): 'From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y.'
Two branches
壓在心上的分量
把同一個下沉的感覺從手上搬到腦子裡。東西沒變重，是事情變得推不動、放不下。
adjective · B2
Important and serious enough that people have to stop and think carefully. Used about subjects, problems, questions, decisions, and the reasons people give for them.
重大的