heavy industry

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Translations

صِناعَة ثَقيلَه

těžký průmysl

sværindustri

Schwerindustrie

industrie lourde

nehézipar

òungaiînaîur

industria pesante

tungindustri

ťažký priemysel

ağır sanayi

重工业

heavy industry

n → industria pesante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

heavy

(ˈhevi) adjective

1. having great weight; difficult to lift or carry. a heavy parcel.

2. having a particular weight. I wonder how heavy our little baby is.

3. of very great amount, force etc. heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.

4. doing something to a great extent. He's a heavy smoker/drinker.

5. dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy. a heavy sky/atmosphere.

6. difficult to read, do, understand etc. Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.

7. (of food) hard to digest. rather heavy pastry.

8. noisy and clumsy. heavy footsteps.

ˈheavily adverb

ˈheaviness noun

ˌheavy-ˈduty adjective

made to stand up to very hard wear or use. heavy-duty tyres.

heavy industry

industries such as coalmining, ship-building etc which involve the use of large or heavy machines or which produce large or heavy products.

ˈheavyweight adjective, noun

(a person) in the heaviest of the various classes into which competitors in certain sports (eg boxing, wrestling) are divided according to their weight. a heavyweight boxer.

heavy going

difficult to make any progress with. I found this book very heavy going.

a heavy heart

a feeling of sadness. He obeyed with a heavy heart.

make heavy weather of

to find surprising difficulty in doing. He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.

References in periodicals archive ?

Hyundai Shipyard's drive has mirrored the growth of modern Korean heavy industry, and our success has allowed us to expand into other heavy industry areas, ultimately leading to the formation of Hyundai Heavy Industries, an integrated heavy industry company.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HHI) (KRX: 009540)

Al-Saqer noted that the fourth stage includes eight tankers involving three large gas tankers built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea, four petroleum tankers built by Hyundai Mipo, and a large crude petroleum tanker built by Bohai shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co.

KOTC successfully launches Al-Mubarakia gas tanker

(MHPS), has agreed to collaborate closely with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Dalian) Co., Ltd.

MHI: Agreement on Demonstration Test Project of Rectangular SOx Scrubber with China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited

In fact I stress that it is at a time like this that heavy industry sector plays the most critical role.