单词 | long word |
释义 | > as lemmaslong word long word n. (a) (in plural) long discourse; (b) (colloquial and in proverbial contexts) a word that indicates a long time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > a long time > word indicating long word1480 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 15 Dame what shall auaylle thenne Longe wordes. ?1548 Ld. Berners tr. D. de San Pedro Castell of Loue sig. N.vi Acordynge to the trust that I haue in thy great vertue I wyll not put the to the payne with long wordes. 1673 J. Flavel Fountain of Life Opened xlii. 600 O that long word Eternity, that it might be night and day with thee. 1758 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 432/2 Ever is a long word. 1770 H. Dalrymple Rodondo: Canto III 3 Dame Reason..appointed long before Dumfoundibus the governor; Who for a while the place defended, Till all his long words were expended. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. iv. 44 Her long words, and her long knotty neck, are not enchanting. 1861 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 685 Ye're the biggest blag-guard my eyes have seen since I've been in London, and that's saying a long word. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iv. 159 Always is a long word, Tavy. 1962 F. G. Calkins My Samoan Chief v. 56 After long words of thankfulness and the presentation of six kava sticks, they let us know that the Tapuaiga villages wanted to make small pandanus table mats to sell in the States. 2010 S. Rushdie Luka & Fire of Life ii. 41 ‘You'll go away and never come back.’ ‘Never is a long word,’ said Nobodaddy. < as lemmas |
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