Length
[leŋθ] or [lɛŋθ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a section of something that is long and narrow; 'a length of timber'; 'a length of tubing'.
(noun.) the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place; 'the length of the table was 5 feet'.
(noun.) the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; 'the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words'.
錄入:露西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
(a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
(a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
(a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
(a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
(a.) Distance.
(v. t.) To lengthen.
校對:鲁珀特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Extent, longitude.[2]. Long duration.
編輯:陌莉
解釋/意思:
n. quality of being long: extent from end to end: the longest measure of anything: long continuance: detail: (prosody) time occupied in uttering a vowel or syllable: the quality of a vowel as long or short: any definite portion of a known extent.—v.t. Length′en to increase in length: to draw out.—v.i. to grow longer.—adv. Length′ily.—n. Length′iness.—adv. Length′wise in the direction of the length.—adj. Length′y of great length: rather long—(obs.) Length′ful.—Length of days prolonged life.—At length in the full extent: at last; Go great lengths Go to all lengths to use extreme efforts; Go to the length of to proceed as far as.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At length, after a short pause, Miss Crawford began with, So you are to be a clergyman, Mr. Bertram. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Small holes a few inches apart are cut along a certain length of rock, into which steel wedges are inserted. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I should have been fond enough of you even to go that length, and you would have accepted my invitation--you would, sir, twenty years ago! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- At length, however, a window opened, and a female voice called to him,-- Eh, bien! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- At length, I got up whenever I saw him coming, and standing on the foot-board, pretended to look at the prospect; after which I did very well. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- At length he roused himself to explain that he wanted money to be raised on this watch. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- At length he began to plead again. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The length of time in boiling depends upon the depth of color desired. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He's priming himself, Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- At length he said: 'Miss Jenny! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She paused again, a little breathless with the unwonted length of her speech, and sat with her lips slightly parted and a deep blush on her cheeks. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- He at length proposed to me travelling all over Europe together, supporting ourselves everywhere by working at our business. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- For different pitches, pipes of different lengths are used: for very low pitches long, closed pipes are used; for very high pitches short, open pipes are used. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In some the pug mill is arranged horizontally to feed out the clay in the form of a long horizontal slab, which is cut up into proper lengths to form the bricks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In the so-called wind instruments, sound is produced by vibrating columns of air inclosed in tubes or pipes of different lengths. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The symbols are thus made by deviations from the straight line, of different lengths and of varied combinations. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- These iron plates were usually cast in lengths of six feet, and they were secured to transverse wooden sleepers by spikes and oaken pegs. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Next he adjusts his receiving circuits for a number of wave lengths. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The branching and diverging dotted lines of unequal lengths proceeding from (A), may represent its varying offspring. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- There is no knowing to what lengths the mischief may go, said Sir James, anxiously. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The hovel of a cutter of wood into lengths for burning, was the only house at that end; all else was wall. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- After me I dragged six lengths of leather from an equal number of my warriors. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- I had no idea of the lengths to which this would carry him, until the merest accident opened my eyes to it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- One of the main things is to see that the silage is cut to proper lengths, which would be about half-inch or one-inch pieces. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is quite impossible at present to guess at the relative lengths of these ages. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- These locks are 110 feet wide and have usable lengths of 1,000 feet. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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