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单词 age-long
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age-longadj.

Brit. /ˌeɪdʒˈlɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈeɪdʒˌlɔŋ/, /ˈeɪdʒˌlɑŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: age n., long adj.1
Etymology: < age n. + long adj.1
Having existed for a very long time; lasting, or seeming to last, for an age.
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the world > time > period > [adjective] > as long as or lasting for an age
eval1791
age-lasting1798
age-long1804
aeonic1829
olamic1856
1804 T. Brown Poems I. 211 To..startle from her age-long trance The solemn-slumbering Echo.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xxiii. 243 Where the heavenly Hours Weave the vast circle of his age-long day.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlvii. 365 The age-long trees in the forest.
1877 L. Morris Epic of Hades i. 24 Self-inflicted death and age-long woe.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1003 An agelong evolutionary process.
2002 R. Loose Subj. of Addiction i. iii. 32 An age-long cultural tradition of frightening people away from..masturbation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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