| 单词 | long story short |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong story short g. to cut (also make) a long story short: to be brief or concise. Typically used as sentence adverbial, with the sense ‘in short, in summary, briefly’, sometimes (in later use) elliptically as long story short. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] to be at a (also one) wordOE to make short1556 to be brief1588 abbreviate1596 to cut short1691 to cut (also make) a long story short1732 to make short of long1883 1732 J. Thomson Specimen Thought Gloomy Region 24 But to make a long Story short, the Pope, and Pretender, and his Adherents..are dismissed with Costs, as the Law says. 1765 O. Goldsmith Ess. xxi. 191 To make a long story short, he wanted a servant, and hired me. 1828 Manuscript 1 102 To cut a long story short, my detachment was marched to the Sugar-house in Liberty-street. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 15/2 Then I hired the tavern-stand, and—well, to make a long story short, then I got married. 1906 Conservator June 59/2 Binns has not made a long story short. 1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance x. 142 And so, to make a long story short, I began my watch. 1987 Los Angeles Times 20 Dec. (Calendar section) 2/2 Well, long story short, they give me two minutes and I don't know what to get. 2010 P. Daniels Class Actor i. 7 But, to cut a long story short..my parents got married as soon as the war ended. < as lemmas |
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