英语词汇“long about something”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. long (also slow, quick, etc.) about something: long (or slow, quick, etc.) in the performance or execution of something.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 125 Men. I will tell you, If you'l bestow a small (of what you haue little) Patience awhile; you'st heare the Bellies answer. 2 Cit. Y'are long about it.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health iv. 121 No Baker can preserve the pure white colour in his fine small Bread, if he be not quick about it.

1745 B. Franklin Let. 17 Aug. in Writings (1987) 429 As I write in the market, [the letter] will, I believe, be but a short one, tho' I may be long about it.

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 32 ‘You must have been very slow about it, Jacob.’.. ‘Slow!’ the Ghost repeated. ‘Seven years dead,’ mused Scrooge. ‘And travelling all the time?’

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. iv. 73 Whoever made it has taken long enough about it.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xv. 328 ‘Are they going to wait on Jefferson?’.. ‘Well, if Jefferson ain't too long about it.’

1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell More Saskatchewan Gold i. ii. 28 As for you Miss Mary Contrary, if you want a glass of milk and some Kuchen before you go to bed you'd better be real quick about it.

2007 Sun Jrnl. (N. Carolina) (Nexis) 12 Oct. The important thing for a husband to remember is to do what she asks you to do and don't be slow about it. You'll avoid a lot of trouble that way.

单词	long about something
释义	> as lemmas long (also slow, quick, etc.) about something b. long (also slow, quick, etc.) about something: long (or slow, quick, etc.) in the performance or execution of something. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 125 Men. I will tell you, If you'l bestow a small (of what you haue little) Patience awhile; you'st heare the Bellies answer. 2 Cit. Y'are long about it. View more context for this quotation 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health iv. 121 No Baker can preserve the pure white colour in his fine small Bread, if he be not quick about it. 1745 B. Franklin Let. 17 Aug. in Writings (1987) 429 As I write in the market, [the letter] will, I believe, be but a short one, tho' I may be long about it. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 32 ‘You must have been very slow about it, Jacob.’.. ‘Slow!’ the Ghost repeated. ‘Seven years dead,’ mused Scrooge. ‘And travelling all the time?’ 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. iv. 73 Whoever made it has taken long enough about it. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xv. 328 ‘Are they going to wait on Jefferson?’.. ‘Well, if Jefferson ain't too long about it.’ 1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell More Saskatchewan Gold i. ii. 28 As for you Miss Mary Contrary, if you want a glass of milk and some Kuchen before you go to bed you'd better be real quick about it. 2007 Sun Jrnl. (N. Carolina) (Nexis) 12 Oct. The important thing for a husband to remember is to do what she asks you to do and don't be slow about it. You'll avoid a lot of trouble that way. extracted from aboutadv.prep.¹adj.int. < as lemmas
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