单词 | span-long |
释义 | span-longadj. Having the length of a span; hence, brief, short. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] shortc888 littleOE shortlya1050 briefc1400 momentlya1425 small?a1439 momentany1447 momentaneous?a1450 stunta1450 momentaryc1485 momentane1510 hourlya1535 sudden1561 momentaneala1581 span-long1593 momentaneana1599 momental1606 narrow1611 timeless1657 concise1785 succinct1796 ultra-short1962 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] shortc888 scutc1440 stuck1440 span-long1593 junky1873 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 73v Though our span long youthly prime, blossomes foorth eye-banquetting flowers,..yet in the graue shall we rotte. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. viii. 53 in Wks. (1640) III There..white Faies doe dwell, And span-long Elves, that dance about a poole. View more context for this quotation 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 132 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 Twa span-lang, wee, unchirsten'd bairns. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 4 While—never mind who..—Sank stifled span-long brightness in the birth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1593 |
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