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单词 long short
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long shortn.

Brit. /ˈlɒŋ ʃɔːt/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋ ˌʃɔrt/, /ˈlɑŋ ˌʃɔrt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adj.1, short n.; long n.1, short n.
Etymology: Partly < long adj.1 + short n., and partly (in sense 2) < long n.1 (compare long n.1 1) + short n. (compare short n. 4c).With sense 2 compare short-long n. (b) at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a.
1. U.S. A short dress worn by women when doing household work. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > for doing housework
short gown1818
long short1840
1840 Knickerbocker July 22 A buxom, rosy-cheeked girl, with a blue-striped long-short..was busied around the fire-place.
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. iii. 14 Her dress was a blue-striped linen short-gown wrapper, or long-short, a coarse yellow petticoat, and checked apron.
1881 Palo Alto (Iowa) Reporter 11 June Tying a calico apron over her long-short.
2. Prosody. A trochaic foot or verse. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > trochee
choree1586
trochee1589
trochaic1693
long short1875
1875 O. W. Holmes in Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 Jan. 6 The first two in iambics, or short-longs, the last in trochaics or long-shorts.
3. Short for long short story n. at long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4a.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > other fictional narrative > [noun] > novelette or short story
novelc1500
novella1677
nouvelle1680
novelette1780
novelet1815
long short story1877
short story1877
conte1891
short1912
long short1929
shorty1934
1929 P. P. Howe Let. 31 July in D. H. Lawrence Lett. (1993) VII. 413 This could hardly be achieved by limiting it to the three volumes of the short stories proper, and excluding the long-shorts.
1959 News Chron. 7 Oct. 8/5 Long shorts by Arthur Miller and Saul Bellow.
2007 Harrington Gay Men's Literary Q. 8 1 We read long shorts..and short shorts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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