单词 | long-running |
释义 | long-runningadj.1 Of a plant shoot, stem, or rhizome (typically of a creeping or climbing plant): markedly long; long-growing. Also (of a plant or plant part): producing such growths. Cf. running adj. 8.When used without hyphen, not always clearly distinguishable from simple juxtaposition of long and running. ΚΠ 1551 W. Turner New Herball 146 A gourde hath long runnyng branches, whiche naturally indevour upwarde. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. sig. A6v Knot-grasse is a long running weede. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 571 The root shoots out long running fibres, which take root afresh. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) iii. 584 Stop [melon] shoots a joint or two before the fruit, and also cut off the ends of the long running shoots immediately before showing fruit. 1891 Gardening Illustr. 9 May 127 The long running kinds [of marrows] are best for this purpose; but on the level, where space is limited, the Bush or Cluster Marrow is the best. 1921 L. H. Bailey Princ. Vegetable-gardening 303 It [sc. the Connecticut Field Pumpkin] is a long-running plant. 1980 R. A. Gallant Elem. Sci. III. iii. 122 Couch Grass..and Iris have long-running underground stems. 2013 M. Irish Texas Getting Started Garden Guide 108/1 Winecup grows well in containers or planters where the long running stems can spill over an edge. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). long-runningadj.2 That continues, or has continued, for a long period of time; spec. (of a play or other entertainment) having a long continuous sequence of performances. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > of long standing longOE oldOE veterate?1541 long-rooted1562 of long standinga1568 old-standinga1627 veteran1648 long-running1651 long-standing1655 old-established1776 long-breathed1816 long-time1851 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > long-running long-running1651 long run1867 1651 H. Delaune Πατρικον δωρον 34 Pray for the Blessing of long-running-Days; For, well us'd, so it is. 1720 T. Boston Human Nature viii. 432 Short-liv'd Joys, and long running Sorrows. 1768 J. Brown Sacred Tropol. ii. ii. 65 He cures our spiritual fever, our long-running issues. 1893 Echo 11 Nov. 1/3 Lacking that touch of passion or intensity, which gives most long-running plays their grip upon their audiences. 1921 Times 28 Mar. 6/5 The long-running plays are ruining actors and actresses by forcing them into a rut. 1956 Nature 21 Jan. 142/1 This is precisely the case in a long-running crossing experiment with strains H..and O. 1988 H. Mantel Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1989) 121 He is a married man, and meets a married woman here. It seems it's a long-running affair. 2004 U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Apr. 6/3 Don't have a cow just because you've never seen President Bush on Fox's long-running animated show, The Simpsons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11551adj.21651 |
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