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单词 long-drawn
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long-drawnadj.

Brit. /ˌlɒŋˈdrɔːn/, U.S. /ˈˌlɔŋˈdrɔn/, /ˈˌlɑŋˈdrɑn/
Forms: see long adv.1 and drawn adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: long adv.1, drawn adj.
Etymology: < long adv.1 + drawn adj.
1. Prolonged to a great or inordinate length; = long-drawn-out adj.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out > extended in duration
tracting1535
prolonged1557
long-drawn1592
spaciousa1593
lengthened1597
protracted1598
stretched1609
producted1628
continuated1632
extended1737
long-drawn-out1752
drawn-out1824
spun1869
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix
tedious1412
prolix?a1475
prolixtc1485
longa1525
prolixious1577
long-winded1589
long-drawn1592
wire-drawn1603
long-breatheda1628
long-spun1633
pedalian1636
oblong1643
lacinious1648
long-lunged1660
lengthened1705
libertine1710
lengthy1759
incompendious1833
lengthsome1836
spun1869
lengtheninga1872
fine-drawn1888
?a1450 Percy Poem on Falconry (Yale) l. 475 in Studier i Modern Språkvetenskap (1968) 3 25 Thei must be reclaymyd to the fyste Wyth thys worde ‘Whysse [emended in ed. to Whyrre]’ as long-draw as þu can dure.]
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 10v With a long drawne breath, and somewhat opening my mouth, I fet a deepe sighe.
1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 104 Now negligently rash Hee throwes his Arme, and with a long drawne dash Blends all together.
1768 A. Dour tr. 'Inayat Allah Tales I. x. 219 The long-drawn notes of woe.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 317 While the proud their long-drawn pomps display.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iv, in Poems (new ed.) 18 A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick x. 54 At every fiftieth page..giving utterance to a long-drawn, gurgling whistle of astonishment.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 113 Far away out in the marsh there arose..one horrid, long-drawn scream.
1937 W. M. Raine Bucky follows Cold Trail v. 57 He searched his vocabulary for long-drawn blistering words.
2003 Occasions Spring 14/2 Our beauty experts show you..how to stay cool and pretty throughout the long-drawn day.
2. That has great longitudinal extension; long, elongated. Frequently poetic.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long
longsomeeOE
fara1000
longOE
prolixa1500
of length1597
prolixious1599
lengthful?1611
tediousa1616
distanta1645
longinquous1670
long-drawn1726
lengthy1760
prolongated1776
1726 tr. in D. Lewis et al. Misc. Poems by Several Hands 317 [Gore] from the long-drawn Furrows flow'd Which the twisted Scourge has plough'd.
1751 T. Gray Elegy x. 7 The long-drawn Isle and fretted Vault.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 49 The long-drawn prospect faded into misty light.
1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 69 The long-drawn aisles, At every close, the lingering strain prolong.
1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xii. 104 The long-drawn street.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 333 Trail ye a long-drawn thread and run with destiny, spindles.
1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 282 A long-drawn, thin echelon.
1914 T. Dixon Victim xvii. 207 Here the long drawn line of Beauregard's army thinned to a single regiment.
1995 R. G. S. Silten Between Two Worlds 174 When I wake in the night and see his long-drawn shadow, I figure all is normal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1592
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