length是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the measurement of something from end to end or along its longest side -- 長，長度

  • The boat is ten metres in length. 這條船長十米。

  • The length of the bay is approximately 200 miles. 海灣的長度約為200英里。

  • She planted rose bushes (along) the length of the fence (= the whole distance along it). 她沿著籬笆都種上了玫瑰花叢。

  • a length of rope 一條繩子

  • We won by two lengths. 我們領先兩個身位獲勝。

  • She swims 40 lengths a day. 她每天在泳池裡遊20個泳程。

• 1 the amount of time something lasts -- 花費的時間

  • the length of a film/speech/play 電影／演講／話劇的時長

  • He is unable to concentrate on his work for any length of time (= for anything more than a short time). 他根本無法集中精力工作。

  • He's written books of various lengths on the subject. 關於這個題目，他已經寫了幾本書，篇幅長短不一。

  • All of your essays will be about the same length. 你所有的論文篇幅都應大致相同。

  • George went on at great length about his various illnesses. 喬治滔滔不絕地講起他身患的各種疾病。

  • At length, the authorities allowed her to go home. 當局終於允許她回家了。

• 2 long enough to reach the stated place -- 長及…的，長度達到…的

  • a knee-length skirt 長及膝蓋的裙子

  • shoulder-length hair 齊肩的頭髮

• 3 of the stated amount of time -- …時長的

  • a full-length movie (= one which has not been shortened) 未刪節的電影