| 单词 | it were long to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit (etc.) were (too) long to a. With implication of excessive duration: continuing too long; tediously lengthy; (of a speech, a literary work, etc.) prolix. Also in it (etc.) were (too) long to (now rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > tediously long elengec897 longOE longsomea1400 infinite1585 long-winded1645 mortal1758 everlasting1761 longful1777 eternal1787 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix tedious1412 prolix?a1475 prolixtc1485 longa1525 prolixious1577 long-winded1589 long-drawn1592 wire-drawn1603 long-breatheda1628 long-spun1633 pedalian1636 oblong1643 lacinious1648 long-lunged1660 lengthened1705 libertine1710 lengthy1759 incompendious1833 lengthsome1836 spun1869 lengtheninga1872 fine-drawn1888 OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 66 To lang hit him þuhte, hwænne hi togædere garas beron. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 10 And swa eall nytenu and fugelas, swelces ðe nu ys lang æall to arimanne. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 9 (MED) God to donne..monie and feole oðre godere werke þe nu were long eou to telle. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 170 Þet is wel liȝt to ouercome to þe bolde herte, and lang and riotouse to þe sleauuolle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 950 In till þe wreched world to gang; þar þu sal thinck þi lijf ful lang. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1205 Launcelot rewarded..many mo that mesemyth hit were to longe to rehers. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 180 This lang Lentryn it makis me lene. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 34 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 All yar names to nevyn..It war prolixt and lang & lenthing of space. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 71 It war lang to discerne The godly giftis that this our Sone did lerne. 1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 184 Long and tedious seem'd that day to be, Which did deuide her from my companie. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. iv. 13 He..thought it long till hee was in the Citie, that he might be conducted to his Lady. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. July 372/1 The sad catastrophe were long to tell, By what a train of wiles the virgin fell. 1779 H. Boyd Let. 3 Apr. in Misc. Wks. (1800) I. Polit. Ess. 121 It may not be improper to advert a little to the long and laborious speech which the Governor has thought to publish. 1824 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 348 And a long, tedious and painful time he had of it, one ill-faced bad conditioned Boil after another breaking out on his Arm. 1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay I. vi. 421 He beguiled the long long languid leisure of the Calcutta afternoon. 1914 Q. Rev. Dec. 51 It were long to follow in detail the ravages of this new Idealism. 1997 D. Quinn My Ishmael (1999) 256 After a long, boring layover in Atlanta, I was home before midnight on Friday. < as lemmas |
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