long [ lɔŋz ]

• v. desire strongly or persistently

  同义词： hanker yearn

• adj.
  • primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

    "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

  • primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified

    "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

  • of relatively great height

    "a race of long gaunt men"; "looked out the long French windows"

  • good at remembering

    同义词： retentive recollective tenacious

  • holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices

    "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"

  • (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration

    "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"

  • involving substantial risk

    "long odds"

  • planning prudently for the future

    "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"

    同义词： farseeing farsighted foresighted foresightful prospicient longsighted

  • having or being more than normal or necessary:

    "long on brains"; "in long supply"

• adv.
  • for an extended time or at a distant time

    "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"

  • for an extended distance

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