length n. 1.長,長度,長短。 2.(時間的)長短,期間。 3.(賽艇的)一艇的長度;一馬的長度。 4.程度,范圍。 5.【板球】球程;投至適當距離的球。 6.【語言學】音長。 7.一段,一節(jié)。 a dress length, a length of cloth 一段料。 a length of pipe [tubing] 一節(jié)管子。 The boat won by three lengths. 這只艇以三艇長之差得勝。 a (good) length ball 球程準確的球。 at arm's length 在手臂伸得到的地方,疏遠 (keep sb. at arm's length 不與接近,敬而遠之)。 at full length 1. 冗長地;充分地,詳細地 (give all the facts at full length 提供詳細的材料)。 2. 全身平伸地 (lie at full length 挺直身體躺著)。 at great length 冗長地,??唆唆地。 at length 1. 最后,終于,好容易才。 2. 充分地,詳細地 (speak at great length 詳細講了好久)。 at some length 相當詳盡地。 cannot see beyond the length of one's nose 鼠目寸光。 draw out to a great length 拖得很久,占去很長時間。 fall [measure] all one's length 直挺挺地倒下。 find [get, have, know] the length of sb.'s foot 了解某人的弱點。 go (to) all lengths [any length] = go to great lengths 什么事都做得出;不遺余力。 go (to) the length of (doing) 甚至于,不惜。 go the whole length of it. 徹底干;干到底。 length of (sb.'s) days [life] 某人的壽命。 measure one's (own) length 跌倒在地。 of some length 相當長。 over [through] the length and breadth of 到處,四面八方。 work at arm's length 在不利的條件下工作。
He never let a woman encumber him for any length of time . 他從來不讓一個女人妨礙他太久的時間。
The length of time of the extraction and the particle size are both pertinent . 提取的持續(xù)時間和微粒的大小都恰到好處。
After a given length of time the buoy sinks itself and is not recovered . 經(jīng)過給定的時間之后,浮標自身下沉,并且不再恢復原狀。
He thought it necessary to extenuate the length of time he kept the dinner on the table . 他認為必須解釋一下為何把晚餐留在桌上那么久。
It migrates to a unique position within the electric field in a given length of time . 在一定的時間內(nèi)它在電場中使它涌動到一個特有的位置。
The size of the student body is simply the students' entry rate multiplied by the length of time they remain in school . 學生總?cè)藬?shù)就是學生入學率乘以他們在學校的學習期限。
She could not tarry long, for she felt unable to support the character she had assumed for any length of time . 她不能再拖延了,因為她感覺到這樣假扮下去,她要露出馬腳來了。
Serotinous cones would prove to be almost fatal for the population if forest fires ceased for any length of time . 若森林火災(zāi)中斷任意長的一個時期,那么對種群來說,遲裂球果幾乎是毀滅性的。
It might seem superfluous to say that the large majority of stars maintain their properties unchanged for great lengths of time . 絕大多數(shù)恒星在很長時間內(nèi)保持其性質(zhì)不變,這一點看來已經(jīng)沒有什么疑問了。
A lease is a written agreement giving you the right to use the apartment or house for a certain length of time in exchange for rent . 租約是一份書面協(xié)議,讓你在特定的時期內(nèi)有使用那座寓所或房子的權(quán)利,條件是交付租金。