with obj. and adverbial
1- lift or carry (something heavy)提, 举, 扛（重物）：
Donald hefted a stone jar of whisky into position.
唐纳德搬起装威士忌的石罐, 把它放好。
1.1
- lift or hold (something) in order to test its weight掂（某物）的重量：
Aileen hefted the gun in her hand.
艾琳掂了掂手中枪的重量。
mass noun
1- chiefly N. Amer. the weight of someone or something〈主北美〉（人或物的）重量。
1.1
- figurative ability or influence〈喻〉能力, 影响：
his colleagues wonder if he has the intellectual heft for his new job.
他的同事不知道他是否有足够的智力胜任他的新工作。
词源
late Middle English （as a noun）： probably from HEAVE, on the pattern of words such as cleft and weft.