单词 | for long |
释义 | > as lemmasfor long ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago yorec900 for longOE langer1303 long agoc1350 far1362 for yorea1375 of yore ago(ne)a1375 long time1376 of olda1393 anciently1502 langsyne?a1513 oldlya1513 in old season1582 old1609 antiquely1652 then-a-days1688 (the) year one1754 way back1870 in yore1876 way back when1921 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke xxiii. 19 Propter siditionem quondam facta in ciuitate : fore setnung uel huilum uel for longe awordeno in ðær ceastra. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8386 Tær bilæf he þanne. To fillenn þatt tatt cwiddedd wass Forrlannge þurrh prophete. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4507 (MED) For lang was said, and yeit sua bes, ‘Hert sun for-gettes þat ne ei seis’. a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 91 (MED) I wend þou had bene ded forlang, Now wote I wele my wit was wrang. for long c. for long. extracted from longadv.1 (a) Throughout a long period. Now chiefly in negative contexts. Also occasionally †for long and long, for long together. Also (chiefly with reference to a period extending into the future) modified by adverbs of degree, as much, very, etc. (sometimes with long in comparative). ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time longeOE longOE longlyOE longsomelyOE yorec1275 lastingly1372 longsa1450 for longa1530 in length1566 with the longest1636 stayingly1648 eternally1664 sometime1801 chronically1854 forever1861 somewhile1864 for the duration1916 long-term1947 secularly1971 a1530 T. Lupset Exhort. to Yonge Men (1535) Ded. f. 2v For longe I haue ben taught, that the mayster neuer hurtethe his scholer more, than whan he vttereth & shewethe..the loue that he bearethe to his scholers. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lvj For long we haue sought the furious bore, and now we haue found him. 1626 T. Aylesbury Passion Serm. 15 The Iewes for long were..the fauourites of heauen. 1732 B. Lynde Diary 29 Dec. in B. Lynde & B. Lynde Diaries (1880) 35 Expecting the governor would adjourn for long the Gen'l. Court. 1784 H. Downman Editha ii. ii. 22 For long we've thought thee dead. 1787 I. Yonge Comm. Holy Bible 112 The preparing the children of Israel for the coming of the Messiah, is the great point he has in view, and he seldom loses sight of it for long together. 1839 in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) II. 535 No man..kept himself for long and long, at a fearful..speed, as did Lord Brougham. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 148 Her back aches..frightfully if she sits up for long together. 1874 Ld. Houghton Let. 7 Sept. in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) II. xviii. 300 Ripon's conversion is one of the oddest news I have heard for long. 1895 Mrs. H. Ward Bessie Costrell v. 121 The children..had been restless for long. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast (1928) ii. 38 I found it impossible to be angry with them for long, they were so babyishly innocent. a1958 H. N. Brailsford Levellers & Eng. Revol. (1961) xiv. 303 An incalculable force, on whom no one could reckon with confidence for long together. 2005 Independent 16 Nov. 16/3 Thomas wouldn't comment yesterday, although friends tell me he won't be silenced for long. (b) As complement to uses of the verb to be with non-referential it as subject: likely to continue for a long time. Also modified by adverbs of degree, as much, very, etc. (sometimes with long in comparative). Chiefly in negative contexts. Cf. sense 5. ΚΠ 1802 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress IV. viii. 192 ‘Well, Lord, it may'nt be for long,’ replied Dolly. 1862 ‘H. Glyn’ Cotton Lord I. xii. 130 But it won't be for much longer now; we are going to get married and reform. 1920 Business Jan. 33/2 The town has grown so fast there is a scarcity of hotel accommodations; but this won't be for long. 1977 B. Way Magical Faces 22 It isn't for long, now. He hasn't got long. 2010 L. Kate Torment i. 37 It's not for long. As soon as things are safer, I'll come for you. < as lemmas |
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