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long adj.长的；冗长的；久的；长音的adv.长期地；久地；用于名词后强调某事发生在某整段时间v.渴望n.长时间；长音节；囤积商品者 (1) 她身材苗条，有一头长长的黑发。(2) 她买了一些枝干很长的玫瑰花。(3) 他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。(4) 我已经很久没见到他了。(5) 走了这么久，你也许会觉得饿了。(6) 长元音经历了太多的修正。(7) 我在认识你之前很久就认识了汤姆。(8) 她整天开收音机。(9) 她整夜坐在生病的丈夫身边。(10) 她渴望回到中国。(11) 他们渴望有机会访问上海。(12) 这要不了多久。 The adjective long describes something that stretches over a large distance. If you're trying to avoid a prolonged visit with your crazy Aunt Martha, you might decide to take the long way to her house. The adjective long also describes something that lasts for an extended amount of time. When your Aunt Martha comes to your house, a half-hour can seem like a long, long time.

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英 [lɒŋ] 美 [lɔːŋ] (1) She was slender and had long dark hair.(2) She bought some roses with long stems.(3) He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.(4) I haven't seen him for a long while.(5) After such a long walk you may feel hungry.(6) The long vowels have undergone much modification.(7) I knew Tom long before I knew you.(8) She plays her radio all day long.(9) She sat by her sick husband all night long.(10) She longed to be back in China.(11) They long for a chance to visit Shanghai.(12) This won't take long. To strongly crave or desire something is to long for it. No matter how healthful your diet is, you'll still occasionally long for chocolate, cookies, and cake. 1. TIME 时间2. DISTANCE AND SIZE 距离和大小3. PHRASES 短语4. VERB USES 动词用法Part-11[ADV-GRADED 副词]长时间的；长久的；长期的 Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time.   [ADV with v]  [PHR after v]Repairs to the cable did not take too long...电缆的维修没有花太长的时间。Have you known her parents long?...你认识她父母很长时间了吗？I learned long ago to avoid these invitations...我很早就学会怎样躲开这种邀请了。The railway had obviously been built long after the house...显然，这条铁路是房子建成后很久才造的。Chess has long been regarded as a measure of intellect.国际象棋长久以来被认为是智慧的体现。...long-established social traditions.确立已久的社会传统The expression for long is used to mean 'for a great amount of time'.长久地；长期地；很久地'Did you live there?' — 'Not for long.'...“你在那儿住过？”——“没住多久。”Developing countries won't put up with the situation for much longer...这种状况发展中国家容忍不了多长时间了。For too long there was a huge gap in the market.长久以来，市场有一块巨大的空白。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（事件或时期）持续时间长的，花长时间的 A long event or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time.   [usu ADJ n]We had a long meeting with the attorney general...我们和检察总长开了一个长会。She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America...她计划去埃及和美国度长假。They sat looking at each other for a long while...他们坐着对视了很长时间。He must have started writing his book a long time ago.他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。3[ADV-GRADED 副词]（多）长（时间） You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time.   [how ADV]  [how ADJ]How long have you lived around here?...你住在这一带有多长时间了？He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember...在朋友的记忆中，他一直都在节食。She reflected no longer than a second before she decisively slit the envelope.她考虑了那么一瞬间就果决地撕开了信封。Long is also an adjective.How long is the usual stay in hospital?...住院通常要多长时间？The average commuter journey there is five hours long.那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。Long is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词）She'd just returned from a month-long visit to Egypt.她去了埃及一个月，刚刚回来。4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]篇幅长的 A long speech, book, film, or list contains a lot of information or a lot of items and takes a lot of time to listen to, read, watch, or deal with.   [usu ADJ n]He was making quite a long speech...他的讲话颇为冗长。This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes.这部电影较长，有3小时7分钟。5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]超长的；过长的；拖长的 If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does.   [usu ADJ n]Go to sleep.  I've got a long day tomorrow...睡觉吧。我明天还得忙呢。She was a TV reporter and worked long hours...她是个电视台记者，总是工作到很晚。This has been the longest week of my  life.这是我一辈子过的最长的一个星期。6[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（记忆力）强的，好的 If someone has a long memory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past.   [usu ADJ n]7[ADV 副词]始终；整个地 Long is used in expressions such as all year long ,the whole day long, and your whole life long to say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time.   [n ADV]  [emphasis]We played that record all night long...我们整晚都在放那张唱片。Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks.有时候山峰上整个夏天都有积雪。Part-21[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（长度）长的 Something that is long measures a great distance from one end to the other. ...a long table...长桌A long line of people formed outside the doctor's office...医生的诊所外排了长长的一队人。Her hair was long and dark...她的头发又长又黑。Her legs were long and thin.她两腿细长。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（距离、旅途、路程等）长的 A long distance is a great distance. A long journey or route covers a great distance.   [usu ADJ n]His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home...他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。The long journey tired him...长途旅行使他疲惫不堪。I went for a long walk.我去散了很长一段步。3[ADJ 形容词]（衣服、衣袖或下摆）长的 A long piece of clothing covers the whole of someone's legs or more of their legs than usual. Clothes with long sleeves cover the whole of someone's arms.   [ADJ n]She is wearing a long black dress.她身穿一袭黑色长裙。...a long-sleeved blouse.长袖女式衬衫4[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（从一端到另一端）（多）长的 You use long to talk or ask about the distance something measures from one end to the other.   [amount ADJ]An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long...8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。How long is the tunnel?...隧道有多长？In the roots of the olives, you could find centipedes as long as a pencil.在橄榄树的根部可以找到像铅笔一样长的蜈蚣。Long is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词）...a three-foot-long gash in the tanker's  side.油轮一侧3英尺长的划口5[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]似乎比实际距离长的 If you describe a distance as long, you mean it seems to be greater than it actually is.   [ADJ n]It was five long miles to the nearest pub.离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。Part-31[PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ]只要 If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case. The interior minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules...内政部长说，只要他们不违规，他仍然会支持他们。The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.只要选举在国际监督下进行，总统就不用下台。2[PHRASE 短语]马上就到；很快回来；为时不远 If you say that someone won't  be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that it won't  be long before something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon.   [oft it PHR before cl]'What's happened to her?' — 'I'm sure she won't be long.'...“她怎么回事？”——“我相信她快到了。”If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.如果电台司令乐队的每首歌都像这首这么棒的话，那它很快便会家喻户晓了。3[PHRASE 短语]行将；不久；很快 If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.   [PHR after v]German interest rates will come down before long...德国的利率水平很快就会降下来。Before long he took over the editing of the magazine.他不久就接手负责杂志的编辑工作。4[PHRASE 短语]（表示支持和愿望）万岁/永存 You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time.   [approval]Long live freedom!...自由万岁！It is a free world where we are all entitled to our opinions. Long may it remain so.这是个自由世界，人人都有权发表自己的意见。我们愿此永恒不变。5[PHRASE 短语]不再；已不 Something that is no longer the case used to be the case but is not the case now. You can also say that something is not the case any longer .   [PHR group/cl]Food shortages are no longer a problem...食物短缺不再是个问题。She could no longer afford to keep him at school...她已无法再供他读书。I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer.我注意到他已经不再坐在门边了。6[CONVENTION 惯用语]再见；回见 You can say so long as an informal way of saying goodbye.   [formulae]Well, so long, pal, see you around.再见了，朋友，咱们回见。7  as long as your arm→see: arm； by a long chalk→see: chalk； a long face→see: face； at long last→see: last； in the long run→see: run； a long shot→see: shot； in the long term→see: term； long in the tooth→see: tooth； to take the long view→see: view； to go a long way→see: way； Part-41[VERB 动词]See also:longing；渴望；渴求；企盼 If you long for something, you want it very much.   [V for n]  [V to-inf]  [V for n to-inf]Steve longed for the good old days...史蒂夫渴望重度昔日的美好时光。I'm longing to meet her...我渴望见到她。He longed for the winter to be over.他企盼冬天早日过去。

英语单词	long
英美音标	英 [lɒŋ] 美 [lɔːŋ]
中文释义	adj.长的；冗长的；久的；长音的 adv.长期地；久地；用于名词后强调某事发生在某整段时间 v.渴望 n.长时间；长音节；囤积商品者
英语例句	(1) She was slender and had long dark hair. (2) She bought some roses with long stems. (3) He delivered a long prose full of platitudes. (4) I haven't seen him for a long while. (5) After such a long walk you may feel hungry. (6) The long vowels have undergone much modification. (7) I knew Tom long before I knew you. (8) She plays her radio all day long. (9) She sat by her sick husband all night long. (10) She longed to be back in China. (11) They long for a chance to visit Shanghai. (12) This won't take long.
中文例句	(1) 她身材苗条，有一头长长的黑发。 (2) 她买了一些枝干很长的玫瑰花。 (3) 他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。 (4) 我已经很久没见到他了。 (5) 走了这么久，你也许会觉得饿了。 (6) 长元音经历了太多的修正。 (7) 我在认识你之前很久就认识了汤姆。 (8) 她整天开收音机。 (9) 她整夜坐在生病的丈夫身边。 (10) 她渴望回到中国。 (11) 他们渴望有机会访问上海。 (12) 这要不了多久。
vocabulary简明	To strongly crave or desire something is to long for it. No matter how healthful your diet is, you'll still occasionally long for chocolate, cookies, and cake.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective long describes something that stretches over a large distance. If you're trying to avoid a prolonged visit with your crazy Aunt Martha, you might decide to take the long way to her house. The adjective long also describes something that lasts for an extended amount of time. When your Aunt Martha comes to your house, a half-hour can seem like a long, long time.
柯林斯解释	1. TIME 时间 2. DISTANCE AND SIZE 距离和大小 3. PHRASES 短语 4. VERB USES 动词用法 Part-1 1 [ADV-GRADED 副词]长时间的；长久的；长期的 Long means a great amount of time or for a great amount of time. [ADV with v] [PHR after v] Repairs to the cable did not take too long... 电缆的维修没有花太长的时间。 Have you known her parents long?... 你认识她父母很长时间了吗？ I learned long ago to avoid these invitations... 我很早就学会怎样躲开这种邀请了。 The railway had obviously been built long after the house... 显然，这条铁路是房子建成后很久才造的。 Chess has long been regarded as a measure of intellect. 国际象棋长久以来被认为是智慧的体现。 ...long-established social traditions. 确立已久的社会传统 The expression for long is used to mean 'for a great amount of time'.长久地；长期地；很久地 'Did you live there?' — 'Not for long.'... “你在那儿住过？”——“没住多久。” Developing countries won't put up with the situation for much longer... 这种状况发展中国家容忍不了多长时间了。 For too long there was a huge gap in the market. 长久以来，市场有一块巨大的空白。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（事件或时期）持续时间长的，花长时间的 A long event or period of time lasts for a great amount of time or takes a great amount of time. [usu ADJ n] We had a long meeting with the attorney general... 我们和检察总长开了一个长会。 She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America... 她计划去埃及和美国度长假。 They sat looking at each other for a long while... 他们坐着对视了很长时间。 He must have started writing his book a long time ago. 他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。 3 [ADV-GRADED 副词]（多）长（时间） You use long to ask or talk about amounts of time. [how ADV] [how ADJ] How long have you lived around here?... 你住在这一带有多长时间了？ He has been on a diet for as long as any of his friends can remember... 在朋友的记忆中，他一直都在节食。 She reflected no longer than a second before she decisively slit the envelope. 她考虑了那么一瞬间就果决地撕开了信封。 Long is also an adjective. How long is the usual stay in hospital?... 住院通常要多长时间？ The average commuter journey there is five hours long. 那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。 Long is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词） She'd just returned from a month-long visit to Egypt. 她去了埃及一个月，刚刚回来。 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]篇幅长的 A long speech, book, film, or list contains a lot of information or a lot of items and takes a lot of time to listen to, read, watch, or deal with. [usu ADJ n] He was making quite a long speech... 他的讲话颇为冗长。 This is a long film, three hours and seven minutes. 这部电影较长，有3小时7分钟。 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]超长的；过长的；拖长的 If you describe a period of time or work as long, you mean it lasts for more hours or days than is usual, or seems to last for more time than it actually does. [usu ADJ n] Go to sleep. I've got a long day tomorrow... 睡觉吧。我明天还得忙呢。 She was a TV reporter and worked long hours... 她是个电视台记者，总是工作到很晚。 This has been the longest week of my life. 这是我一辈子过的最长的一个星期。 6 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（记忆力）强的，好的 If someone has a long memory, they are able to remember things that happened far back in the past. [usu ADJ n] 7 [ADV 副词]始终；整个地 Long is used in expressions such as all year long ,the whole day long, and your whole life long to say and emphasize that something happens for the whole of a particular period of time. [n ADV] [emphasis] We played that record all night long... 我们整晚都在放那张唱片。 Snow is sometimes found all summer long upon the highest peaks. 有时候山峰上整个夏天都有积雪。 Part-2 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（长度）长的 Something that is long measures a great distance from one end to the other. ...a long table... 长桌 A long line of people formed outside the doctor's office... 医生的诊所外排了长长的一队人。 Her hair was long and dark... 她的头发又长又黑。 Her legs were long and thin. 她两腿细长。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（距离、旅途、路程等）长的 A long distance is a great distance. A long journey or route covers a great distance. [usu ADJ n] His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home... 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。 The long journey tired him... 长途旅行使他疲惫不堪。 I went for a long walk. 我去散了很长一段步。 3 [ADJ 形容词]（衣服、衣袖或下摆）长的 A long piece of clothing covers the whole of someone's legs or more of their legs than usual. Clothes with long sleeves cover the whole of someone's arms. [ADJ n] She is wearing a long black dress. 她身穿一袭黑色长裙。 ...a long-sleeved blouse. 长袖女式衬衫 4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（从一端到另一端）（多）长的 You use long to talk or ask about the distance something measures from one end to the other. [amount ADJ] An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long... 8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。 How long is the tunnel?... 隧道有多长？ In the roots of the olives, you could find centipedes as long as a pencil. 在橄榄树的根部可以找到像铅笔一样长的蜈蚣。 Long is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词） ...a three-foot-long gash in the tanker's side. 油轮一侧3英尺长的划口 5 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]似乎比实际距离长的 If you describe a distance as long, you mean it seems to be greater than it actually is. [ADJ n] It was five long miles to the nearest pub. 离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。 Part-3 1 [PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ]只要 If you say that something is the case as long as or so long as something else is the case, you mean that it is only the case if the second thing is the case. The interior minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules... 内政部长说，只要他们不违规，他仍然会支持他们。 The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision. 只要选举在国际监督下进行，总统就不用下台。 2 [PHRASE 短语]马上就到；很快回来；为时不远 If you say that someone won't be long, you mean that you think they will arrive or be back soon. If you say that it won't be long before something happens, you mean that you think it will happen soon. [oft it PHR before cl] 'What's happened to her?' — 'I'm sure she won't be long.'... “她怎么回事？”——“我相信她快到了。” If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names. 如果电台司令乐队的每首歌都像这首这么棒的话，那它很快便会家喻户晓了。 3 [PHRASE 短语]行将；不久；很快 If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon. [PHR after v] German interest rates will come down before long... 德国的利率水平很快就会降下来。 Before long he took over the editing of the magazine. 他不久就接手负责杂志的编辑工作。 4 [PHRASE 短语]（表示支持和愿望）万岁/永存 You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time. [approval] Long live freedom!... 自由万岁！ It is a free world where we are all entitled to our opinions. Long may it remain so. 这是个自由世界，人人都有权发表自己的意见。我们愿此永恒不变。 5 [PHRASE 短语]不再；已不 Something that is no longer the case used to be the case but is not the case now. You can also say that something is not the case any longer . [PHR group/cl] Food shortages are no longer a problem... 食物短缺不再是个问题。 She could no longer afford to keep him at school... 她已无法再供他读书。 I noticed that he wasn't sitting by the door any longer. 我注意到他已经不再坐在门边了。 6 [CONVENTION 惯用语]再见；回见 You can say so long as an informal way of saying goodbye. [formulae] Well, so long, pal, see you around. 再见了，朋友，咱们回见。 7 as long as your arm→see: arm ； by a long chalk→see: chalk ； a long face→see: face ； at long last→see: last ； in the long run→see: run ； a long shot→see: shot ； in the long term→see: term ； long in the tooth→see: tooth ； to take the long view→see: view ； to go a long way→see: way ； Part-4 1 [VERB 动词]See also:longing ；渴望；渴求；企盼 If you long for something, you want it very much. [V for n] [V to-inf] [V for n to-inf] Steve longed for the good old days... 史蒂夫渴望重度昔日的美好时光。 I'm longing to meet her... 我渴望见到她。 He longed for the winter to be over. 他企盼冬天早日过去。

Long →See Great Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 N Time I