| 单词 | long price |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong price d. colloquial. Of a number or value: large, high. Also, of something which can be quantified numerically, as a group, a sum of money, etc.: large. Esp. in long family, long price, and (in African-American usage) in expressions referring to money; cf. long green n. (b) at Compounds 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > with respect to size smallc1400 long1712 numerical1812 fifty1819 normed1935 significant1962 1712 tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Wks. I. 112 Greg. King shall show, by help of old Records, Of his long Family a Hundred Lords [no direct equivalent in Fr. original]. 1733 Reply to Vindic. Planters of Tobacco 22 He..pays down the Duty for so much as he hath sold for the long Price. 1771 J. Johnson Let. 26 July in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 8 Mees' & Co. is shipped at the long price. 1840 E. E. Napier Scenes & Sports Foreign Lands I. v. 140 The natives are very partial to this breed, and give long prices for them. 1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 720/1 Cylinder machines are only suitable for long impressions. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. x. 177 He was a prudent, discreet man, with a long family, averse to professional hostilities. 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 144/2 God-forbids, kids—a cynical mode of describing children by poor men who dread a long family. 1932 Irish Times 26 Mar. 6/2 An American player, with a long handicap and a persistent ‘slice’. 1941 Atlanta Daily World 11 May 8/1 Most of you would sacrifice every iota of higher education you possess..for just a conservative portion of Joe's long dough! 1976 N. Ross Policeman's Bible vi. 102 I made some long cash while working on gambling. 2003 J. McManus Positively Fifth Street 314 The other $1,357,640 has already been awarded to places forty-five through seven, with the long money reserved for the top two or three on the pyramid. < as lemmas |
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