英汉词典

length 基本解释

• n. 长度，长；时间的长短；（语）音长

length 词态变化

length 中文词源

来自long的名词形式。

length 英文词源

length

length: [OE] Length was coined in the prehistoric Germanic period from the adjective *langgaz (source of English long) and the abstract noun suffix *-ithō. The resultant *langgithō has subsequently diversified to Dutch lengte, Swedish längd, Danish længde, and English length. (German has plumped for the different noun derivative länge ‘length’, whose English relative lenge ‘length’ survived until the 17th century.)
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length (n.)

Old English lengðu "length," from Proto-Germanic *langitho, noun of quality from *langgaz (root of Old English lang; see long (adj.)) + *-itho, abstract noun suffix (see -th (2)).

Cognate with Old Norse lengd, Old Frisian lengethe, Dutch lengte. Figurative sense of "the distance one goes, extremity to which something is carried" is from 1690s. Phrase at length "to full extent" is attested from c. 1500.

length 词组搭配

length 英文释义

1. the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;

"the length of the table was 5 feet"

2. continuance in time;

"the ceremony was of short duration"

"he complained about the length of time required"

3. the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;

"the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words"

4. size of the gap between two places;

"the distance from New York to Chicago"

"he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"

5. a section of something that is long and narrow;

"a length of timber"

"a length of tubing"

length 双语例句

1. Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time.

奇怪的是，过了这样一段时间你就会自己醒来。

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2. The length of the war is one of the biggest unknowns.

战争要持续多久是最大的未知数之一。

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3. They trekked from shop to shop in search of white knee-length socks.

他们拖着步子从一家商店走到另一家，寻找齐膝的白袜子。

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4. The guy just loves to yap, and will do so at length.

那家伙就爱胡扯，而且一说起来就没完没了。

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5. He struck a match, and held it at arm's length.

他划亮一根火柴，伸长胳膊举着。

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length 实用场景例句

This room is twice the length of the kitchen.

这个房间的长度是厨房的两倍。

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The river is 300 miles in length .

这条河长300英里。

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The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm.

蛇一般长达100厘米。

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He ran the entire length of the beach (= from one end to the other).

他跑完了海滩的全长。

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Did you see the length of his hair?

你看见他头发有多长吗？

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We discussed shortening the length of the course.

我们就缩短这门课程的时限进行了讨论。

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He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.

他非常讨厌要等那么长时间。

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She got a headache if she had to read for any length of time (= for a long time) .

她读书时间长了就头疼。

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Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.

退休金的多少部分取决于为公司服务时间的长短。

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Each class is 45 minutes in length .

每一节课为45分钟。

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Her novels vary in length.

她的小说篇幅长短不一。

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shoulder-length hair

长及肩的头发

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He swims 50 lengths a day.

他每天游50个游泳池那么长的距离。

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It is about a metre in length.

它长约1米。

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...the length of the fish...

鱼的身长

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...a book of at least 100 pages in length...

一百多页厚的书

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The length of a paragraph depends on the information it conveys.

段落的长短取决于它所传达的信息量。

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The exact length of each period may vary...

每一阶段的确切时长可能会有所不同。

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His film, over two hours in length, is a subtle study of family life.

他这部片长逾两个小时的电影对家庭生活进行了巧妙的剖析。

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...a 30ft length of rope...

一根30英尺长的绳子

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You can hang lengths of fabric behind the glass.

你可以在玻璃后面挂几条织品。

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Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind...

他居然花了那么长时间才拿定主意，许多人都对此感到吃惊。

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I noticed, too, the length of her fingers.

我也注意到她的手指很长。

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I swim 40 lengths a day.

我每天游20个来回。

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Harvard won by four lengths.

哈佛大学队领先4个艇位胜出。

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I looked along the length of the building...

我的目光沿着大楼从首到尾扫过。

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The inspiration stemming from his travels lasted the length of his career.

由旅行得来的灵感伴随了他的整个职业生涯。

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At length my father went into the house.

我父亲最后还是进了屋。

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They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.

他们把事情的整个经过详尽地复述了一遍。

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Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.

葛丽泰·嘉宝想方设法躲开记者和摄影师。

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