| 词汇 | length |
| 释义 | length | BrE lɛŋ(k)θ,lɛn(t)θ, AmE lɛŋ(k)θ,lɛnth | A. noun ① countable and uncountable (linear measurement) 长度 ▸ a river 500 kilometres in length 一条500公里长的河流 ▸ this room is twice the length of the other 这个房间的长度是另一个的两倍 ② uncountable ▸ the length of … (all the way along) 全长 ▸ the whole length of the street was planted with trees 整条街上都种了树 ▸ ice had formed along the length of the plane's wing 整个机翼都结了冰 ③ countable (of swimming pool) 游泳池长度 ▸ to swim/do a length (of the pool) 游一个游泳池长度的距离 ▸ he does 20 lengths every morning 他每天早晨游10个来回 ④ countable (in race) 自身长度 ▸ the horse is two lengths ahead 那匹马领先两个马身的距离 ▸ I was two car lengths behind the other vehicle 我在另一辆车后面两个车身远 ⑤ countable (piece, section) 一段 ▸ a length of rope 一根绳子 ▸ to be sold in lengths of five metres 5米一段出售 ▸ a dress length 一块够做一条连衣裙的布料 ⑥ countable and uncountable (size, extent) 篇幅 ▸ a book 200 pages in length 一本200页的书 ▸ a book the length of War and Peace 一本篇幅像《战争与和平》一样长的书 ⑦ countable and uncountable (duration) 时间的长短 ▸ the film is three hours in length 这部影片长3小时 ▸ the whole length of sth 某事的全部时间 ▸ a considerable length of time 很长一段时间 ▸ the length of time between two events 两件事之间的间隔 ⑧ uncountable (quality of being long) 长 ▸ I was struck by the length of his fingernails 他的指甲那么长，让我很吃惊 ▸ a war of such length 一场如此旷日持久的战争 ⑨ ▸ at length (for a long time) 长时间地 (at last) 最后 ▸ he went on at tedious length about his favourite hobby 他啰啰唆唆地谈论他最大的爱好 ⑩ countable and uncountable (of vowel, syllable) 音长 B. lengths plural noun (extent, measures) 程度 ▸ to go to great/any/such lengths (to do sth) （为做某事）不遗余力 ▸ they went to absurd lengths to keep the affair secret 他们为了对这件事保密无所不用其极 ▸ to go to the lengths of doing sth 到做某事的程度 ▸ he even went to the lengths of writing to the Queen 他甚至给女王写了信 |
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