单词 | all day long |
释义 | > as lemmasall day long 3. Following a noun phrase expressing duration: throughout the length of (the period specified or implied), as all day long, all night long, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > throughout the whole of a period longc1275 straight1446 all alongc1450 anytime?1589 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13330 Al þene dæi longe heo heolden þat feht stronge. c1300 St. Mary of Egypt (Laud) 122 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 264 Heore ȝat was swiþe faste i-mad: þoruȝ al þe ȝere longue. c1330 St. Mary Magdalene (Auch.) l. 76 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 164 Martha hadde an iuel strong Þat hir hadde holden seuen ȝer long. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 533 Wy stonde ȝe ydel þise dayez longe? c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Nv All the nyght longe shall he his sydys grate. 1564 R. Fills tr. M. Luther Treat. Medit. Trew & Perfect Consol. iv. sig. D.v Married folks, which seemed to serue God all their liues longe. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7v The Sunne that measures heauen all day long. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 478 Without any change or alteration all the Sabbath long. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 154 All Lent long..the very faithful themselves were cast upon their knees. 1720 T. Gordon Humourist I. 158 In Scotland..a Man must be all Sunday long tied either to the Kirk or his Chamber. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxix. 107 Blaming Fortune so often as I have done, for pelting me all my life long..with so many small evils. 1798 W. Wordsworth Idiot Boy in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 179 Now Johnny all night long had heard The owls in tuneful concert strive. 1825 C. Thirlwall tr. F. Schleiermacher Crit. Ess. Luke 36 Accustomed to pass their nights the whole summer long in the open air. 1849 A. Helps Friends in Council ii. iv. 92 You are out all day long with the sheep. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 65 While..the lesson long, No learner ever dared to cross his legs. 1957 Chicago Tribune 30 May (Neighborhood News North section) 8/1 (advt.) You'll win meal flattery from hubby all dinner long. 1973 B. Head Question of Power (1974) 36 The whole night long she lay awake, listening to the confusion of sound. 2006 Vanity Fair Sept. 210/1 My parents listened to music all day long. < as lemmas |
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