long 音标拼音: [l'ɔŋ]
a . 长的,长久的,冗长的,做多头的
vi . 渴望,热望,极想
ad . 长久
长的,长久的,冗长的,做多头的渴望,热望,极想长久
long 长
long adv 1 :
for an extended time or at a distant time ; "
a promotion long overdue "; "
something long hoped for "; "
his name has long been forgotten "; "
talked all night long "; "
how long will you be gone ?"; "
arrived long before he was expected "; "
it is long after your bedtime "
2 :
for an extended distance adj 1 :
primarily temporal sense ;
being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified ; "
a long life "; "
a long boring speech "; "
a long time "; "
a long friendship "; "
a long game "; "
long ago "; "
an hour long "
[
ant : {
short }]
2 :
primarily spatial sense ;
of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified ; "
a long road "; "
a long distance "; "
contained many long words "; "
ten miles long " [
ant : {
short }]
3 :
of relatively great height ; "
a race of long gaunt men "-
Sherwood Anderson ; "
looked out the long French windows "
4 :
good at remembering ; "
a retentive mind "; "
tenacious memory "
[
synonym : {
retentive }, {
recollective }, {
long }, {
tenacious }] [
ant :
{
forgetful }, {
short }, {
unretentive }]
5 :
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices ; "
is long on coffee "; "
a long position in gold " [
ant :
{
short }]
6 : (
of speech sounds or syllables )
of relatively long duration ;
"
the English vowel sounds in `
bate ', `
beat ', `
bite ', `
boat ',
`
boot '
are long " [
ant : {
short }]
7 :
involving substantial risk ; "
long odds "
8 :
planning prudently for the future ; "
large goals that required farsighted policies "; "
took a long view of the geopolitical issues " [
synonym : {
farseeing }, {
farsighted }, {
foresighted },
{
foresightful }, {
prospicient }, {
long }, {
longsighted }]
9 :
having or being more than normal or necessary :"
long on brains "; "
in long supply "
v 1 :
desire strongly or persistently [
synonym : {
hanker }, {
long },
{
yearn }]
Long \
Long \,
a . [
Compar . {
Longer };
superl . {
Longest }.] [
AS .
long ,
lang ;
akin to OS ,
OFries .,
D ., &
G .
lang ,
Icel .
langr ,
Sw .
l [*
a ]
ng ,
Dan .
lang ,
Goth .
laggs ,
L .
longus . [
root ]
125 .
Cf . {
Length }, {
Ling }
a fish , {
Linger }, {
Lunge }, {
Purloin }.]
1 .
Drawn out in a line ,
or in the direction of length ;
protracted ;
extended ;
as ,
a long line ; --
opposed to short ,
and distinguished from broad or wide .
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2 .
Drawn out or extended in time ;
continued through a considerable tine ,
or to a great length ;
as ,
a long series of events ;
a long debate ;
a long drama ;
a long history ;
a long book .
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3 .
Slow in passing ;
causing weariness by length or duration ;
lingering ;
as ,
long hours of watching .
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4 .
Occurring or coming after an extended interval ;
distant in time ;
far away .
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The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament ,
which is not long .
--
Spenser .
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5 .
Having a length of the specified measure ;
of a specified length ;
as ,
a span long ;
a yard long ;
a mile long ,
that is ,
extended to the measure of a mile ,
etc .
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6 .
Far -
reaching ;
extensive . "
Long views ." --
Burke .
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7 . (
Phonetics )
Prolonged ,
or relatively more prolonged ,
in utterance ; --
said of vowels and syllables .
See {
Short },
a .,
13 ,
and Guide to Pronunciation , [
sect ][
sect ]
22 ,
30 .
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8 . (
Finance &
Com .)
Having a supply of stocks or goods ;
prepared for ,
or depending for a profit upon ,
advance in prices ;
as ,
long of cotton .
Hence ,
the phrases :
to be ,
or go ,
long of the market ,
to be on the long side of the market ,
to hold products or securities for a rise in price ,
esp .
when bought on a margin .
Contrasted to {
short }.
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Note :
Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning ;
as ,
long -
armed ,
long -
beaked ,
long -
haired ,
long -
horned ,
long -
necked ,
long -
sleeved ,
long -
tailed ,
long -
worded ,
etc .
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{
In the long run },
in the whole course of things taken together ;
in the ultimate result ;
eventually .
{
Long clam } (
Zool .),
the common clam ({
Mya arenaria })
of the Northern United States and Canada ; --
called also {
soft -
shell clam }
and {
long -
neck clam }.
See {
Mya }.
{
Long cloth },
a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality .
{
Long clothes },
clothes worn by a young infant ,
extending below the feet .
{
Long division }. (
Math .)
See {
Division }.
{
Long dozen },
one more than a dozen ;
thirteen .
{
Long home },
the grave .
{
Long measure }, {
Long meter }.
See under {
Measure }, {
Meter }.
{
Long Parliament } (
Eng .
Hist .),
the Parliament which assembled Nov .
3 ,
1640 ,
and was dissolved by Cromwell ,
April 20 ,
1653 .
{
Long price },
the full retail price .
{
Long purple } (
Bot .),
a plant with purple flowers ,
supposed to be the {
Orchis mascula }. --
Dr .
Prior .
{
Long suit }
(
a ) (
Whist ),
a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards . --
R .
A .
Proctor .
(
b )
One '
s most important resource or source of strength ;
as ,
as an entertainer ,
her voice was her long suit .
{
Long tom }.
(
a )
A pivot gun of great length and range ,
on the dock of a vessel .
(
b )
A long trough for washing auriferous earth . [
Western U .
S .]
(
c ) (
Zool .)
The long -
tailed titmouse .
{
Long wall } (
Coal Mining ),
a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in ,
as the work progresses ,
except where passages are needed .
{
Of long },
a long time . [
Obs .] --
Fairfax .
{
To be long of the market },
or {
To go long of the market },
{
To be on the long side of the market },
etc . (
Stock Exchange ),
to hold stock for a rise in price ,
or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price ; --
opposed to {
short }
in such phrases as ,
to be short of stock ,
to sell short ,
etc . [
Cant ]
See {
Short }.
{
To have a long head },
to have a farseeing or sagacious mind .
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Long \
Long \,
adv . [
AS .
lance .]
1 .
To a great extent in space ;
as ,
a long drawn out line .
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2 .
To a great extent in time ;
during a long time .
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They that tarry long at the wine . --
Prov .
xxiii .
30 .
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When the trumpet soundeth long . --
Ex .
xix .
13 .
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3 .
At a point of duration far distant ,
either prior or posterior ;
as ,
not long before ;
not long after ;
long before the foundation of Rome ;
long after the Conquest .
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4 .
Through the whole extent or duration .
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The bird of dawning singeth all night long . --
Shak .
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5 .
Through an extent of time ,
more or less ; --
only in question ;
as ,
how long will you be gone ?
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Long \
Long \,
n .
1 . (
Mus .)
A note formerly used in music ,
one half the length of a large ,
twice that of a breve .
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2 . (
Phonetics )
A long sound ,
syllable ,
or vowel .
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3 .
The longest dimension ;
the greatest extent ; --
in the phrase ,
the long and the short of it ,
that is ,
the sum and substance of it . --
Addison .
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Long \
Long \,
prep . [
Abbreviated fr .
along .
See 3d {
Along }.]
By means of ;
by the fault of ;
because of . [
Obs .]
See {
Along of },
under 3d {
Along }.
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Long \
Long \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Longed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Longing }.] [
AS .
langian to increase ,
to lengthen ,
to stretch out the mind after ,
to long ,
to crave ,
to belong to ,
fr .
lang long .
See {
Long },
a .]
1 .
To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving ;
to wish for something with eagerness ; --
followed by an infinitive ,
or by for or after .
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I long to see you . --
Rom .
i .
11 .
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I have longed after thy precepts . --
Ps .
cxix .
40 .
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I have longed for thy salvation . --
Ps .
cxix .
174 .
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Nicomedes ,
longing for herrings ,
was supplied with fresh ones . . .
at a great distance from the sea .
--
Arbuthnot .
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2 .
To belong ; --
used with to ,
unto ,
or for . [
Obs .]
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The labor which that longeth unto me . --
Chaucer .
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159 Moby Thesaurus words for "
long ":
a mile long ,
ache ,
ache for ,
ache to ,
aeon ,
age ,
ages ,
aim ,
and night ,
aspire ,
be dying for ,
be dying to ,
be hurting for ,
big ,
blue moon ,
bull ,
bull account ,
burn to ,
century ,
choose to ,
clamor for ,
colossal ,
covet ,
crave ,
cry for ,
day after day ,
de longue haleine ,
dearly love to ,
desire ,
diffuse ,
diffusive ,
dragging ,
drawn -
out ,
dream ,
dream of ,
elongate ,
elongated ,
endless ,
enduringly ,
eternity ,
extended ,
extensive ,
fancy ,
far -
flung ,
far -
reaching ,
fargoing ,
filled out ,
flatulent ,
for an age ,
for life ,
for long ,
gangling ,
gangly ,
gape for ,
giant ,
gigantic ,
great ,
hanker ,
hone for ,
hope for ,
hour after hour ,
hunger ,
interminable ,
interminably ,
itch ,
itch for ,
itch to ,
languish for ,
languishing ,
lank ,
lanky ,
large ,
lasting ,
leggy ,
lengthened ,
lengthy ,
like to ,
lingering ,
long account ,
long ago ,
long for ,
long interest ,
long side ,
long since ,
long time ,
long to ,
long while ,
long -
continuing ,
long -
drawn ,
long -
drawn -
out ,
long -
legged ,
long -
pending ,
long -
spun ,
long -
winded ,
longiloquent ,
longish ,
longs ,
longsome ,
love to ,
lust ,
lust for ,
marathon ,
miss ,
month after month ,
month of Sundays ,
morning ,
no end of ,
noon ,
out ,
outstretched ,
overlong ,
padded ,
pant for ,
persistently ,
pine ,
pine for ,
prolix ,
prolonged ,
protracted ,
protractedly ,
rangy ,
right smart spell ,
sesquipedal ,
sesquipedalian ,
sigh ,
sigh for ,
since time began ,
spoil for ,
spun -
out ,
statuesque ,
stretched -
out ,
sustained ,
talkative ,
tall ,
the livelong day ,
thirst ,
thirst for ,
till doomsday ,
time immemorial ,
undyingly ,
unendingly ,
unrelenting ,
verbose ,
want ,
want to ,
weary for ,
windy ,
wish ,
wish for ,
wish to ,
without end ,
wordy ,
year after year ,
yearn ,
yearn for ,
years ,
years on end ,
yen ,
yen for
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